Re: [patch] fix the softlockup watchdog to actually work

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > apparently the functionality of the soft lockup watchdog was never 
> > actually tested with that patch applied ...
> > 
> > [this is -stable material too.]
> 
> Still isn't working.  I'm getting random meaningless softlockup 
> trippings coming out for no apparent reason.

hm, you still havent applied the other 4 patches i sent:

 softlockup-fix.patch

 softlockup-add-irq-regs-h.patch
 softlockup-better-printout.patch
 softlockup-cleanups.patch
 softlockup-use-cpu-clock.patch

they are all necessary.

softlockup-use-cpu-clock.patch could easily solve the present problem 
you have: as i pointed it out it is _wrong_ to use sched_clock(), 
because sched_clock() is not a reliable clocksource. Especially on your 
VAIO.

	Ingo
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