Re: [PATCH v2] Fix Hard Lockup in ktime_get_ts64 with debuggers

[Jeff Merkey]

I just finished a 4 hour regression test of this patch and please drop
it.   It does fix the symptom but not the illness.  It worked on i386
and x86_64 for my first test but failed the second test.  I did a 4
hour debugging session and the problem just shows up another way.

This patch gets rid of the hard lockup but it results in the gnome gui
and systemd eventually locking up after entering and exiting the
debugger and holding the system suspended for several hours.  This
tells me that whatever is causing that value to get so large with the
clock skew is affecting other areas of the timekeeping logic.

I will keep working on it since I need this to work.  kgdb also
experiences the same problem.

So drop this patch and I'll keep looking for the sickness rather than
treat the symtoms.  If you guys have any ideas let me know.

Jeff