Re: 2.6.17-mm4

From: Jesse Brandeburg
Date: Sat Jul 01 2006 - 13:40:53 EST


On 6/30/06, john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <IRQ> [<ffffffff8100d442>] main_timer_handler+0x1ed/0x3ad
> [<ffffffff8100d614>] timer_interrupt+0x12/0x27
> [<ffffffff8105076a>] handle_IRQ_event+0x29/0x5a
> [<ffffffff81050837>] __do_IRQ+0x9c/0xfd
> [<ffffffff8100bf27>] do_IRQ+0x63/0x71
> [<ffffffff810098b8>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
> <EOI>

Hmmm. From that trace I suspect something is enabling interrupts (likely
in time_init) before timekeeping_init() has chosen the clocksource.

Does the following workaround the issue?

thanks
-john

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index ae04eb7..41adc97 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
init_timers();
hrtimers_init();
softirq_init();
- time_init();
timekeeping_init();
+ time_init();

/*
* HACK ALERT! This is early. We're enabling the console before


Yes it works, the previously failing bisect kernel boots with this
change. I'll take a look through andrew's suggestions next.
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