Re: 2.6.33: Problem continues: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c:404hpet_next_event+0x70/0x80

From: Thomas Backlund
Date: Thu Feb 25 2010 - 09:07:54 EST


Justin Piszcz skrev 25.2.2010 01:37:
Hello,

Again, on the Intel DP55KG board:

# uname -a
Linux host 2.6.33 #1 SMP Wed Feb 24 18:31:00 EST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[ 1.237600] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1.237890] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c:404
hpet_next_event+0x70/0x80()
[ 1.238221] Hardware name:
[ 1.238504] hpet: compare register read back failed.
[ 1.238793] Modules linked in:
[ 1.239315] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.33 #1
[ 1.239605] Call Trace:
[ 1.239886] <IRQ> [<ffffffff81056c13>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x73/0xb0
[ 1.240409] [<ffffffff81079608>] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x38/0xc0
[ 1.240699] [<ffffffff81056cb0>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x40/0x50
[ 1.240992] [<ffffffff81079608>] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x38/0xc0
[ 1.241281] [<ffffffff81041ad0>] ? hpet_next_event+0x70/0x80
[ 1.241573] [<ffffffff81079608>] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x38/0xc0
[ 1.241859] [<ffffffff81078e32>] ? tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast+0xe2/0x100
[ 1.246533] [<ffffffff8102a67a>] ? timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x30
[ 1.246826] [<ffffffff81085499>] ? handle_IRQ_event+0x39/0xd0
[ 1.247118] [<ffffffff81087368>] ? handle_edge_irq+0xb8/0x160
[ 1.247407] [<ffffffff81029f55>] ? handle_irq+0x15/0x20
[ 1.247689] [<ffffffff810294a2>] ? do_IRQ+0x62/0xe0
[ 1.247976] [<ffffffff8146be53>] ? ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
[ 1.248262] <EOI> [<ffffffff8102f277>] ? mwait_idle+0x57/0x80
[ 1.248796] [<ffffffff8102645c>] ? cpu_idle+0x5c/0xb0
[ 1.249080] ---[ end trace db7f668fb6fef4e1 ]---

Is this something Intel has to fix or is it a bug in the kernel?


Here is a suggested fix:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126531123524059&w=2

--
Thomas
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