Re: [PATCH] x86/hpet: Cure interface abuse in the resume path

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Aug 01 2017 - 06:59:59 EST


On Tue, 1 Aug 2017, Tomi Sarvela wrote:
> On 01/08/17 10:43, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Tomi, can you please do me a favor?
> >
> > Use plain 4.13-rc3 (without that patch) and add the following on the kernel
> > command line: 'nohpet'. Boot the machine and capture and provide the output
> > of
> >
> > # dmesg
> > # cat /proc/interrupts
> > # cat /proc/timer_list
> >
> > Then try the suspend cycle again.
>
> Trying with Linus' tree, tag v4.13-rc3 with nohpet on cmdline.
>
> Outputs below. The nohpet option works, as suspend-resumes complete.

So why didn't this work the first time I asked for that?

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ddc71535-02de-5b42-934f-70bc5ad43bb7@xxxxxxxxx

Sigh, that would have spared a lot of pointlessly wasted time....

Thanks,

tglx