HI all, I've just compiled 2.6.23.8 from kernel.org sources and I getting a bunch of these soft lockups detected. This seems to be similar to the problems reported here:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/19/345 but I am not as far as I am aware using the ondemand governor. > cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/info processor id: 0 acpi id: 0 bus mastering control: no power management: no throttling control: no limit interface: no What is suspisious is "Clocksource tsc unstable". Dump from dmsg follows. Any light people can shed on this much appreciated. Cheers, Erik [ 80.215847] Marking TSC unstable due to: cpufreq changes. [ 80.217903] Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. [ 80.217908] BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! [ 80.217924] [<c014212b>] softlockup_tick+0xbb/0xf0 [ 80.217934] [<c0126152>] update_process_times+0x32/0x80 [ 80.217941] [<c0139395>] tick_sched_timer+0x75/0x1c0 [ 80.217952] [<c0133e70>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x170/0x1c0 [ 80.217960] [<c011119d>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x80 [ 80.217966] [<c0104bc8>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 [ 80.217973] [<c043007b>] pci_pcbios_init+0x18b/0x260 [ 80.217979] [<c0102fab>] default_idle+0x2b/0x40 [ 80.217984] [<c0103008>] cpu_idle+0x48/0x80 [ 80.217987] [<c041087f>] start_kernel+0x21f/0x2a0 [ 80.217992] [<c04102e0>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x1d0 [ 80.217997] ======================= [ 80.757447] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -99999062 ns) [ 98.773859] BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! [ 98.773881] [<c014212b>] softlockup_tick+0xbb/0xf0 [ 98.773893] [<c0126152>] update_process_times+0x32/0x80 [ 98.773901] [<c0139395>] tick_sched_timer+0x75/0x1c0 [ 98.773913] [<c0133e70>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x170/0x1c0 [ 98.773922] [<c011119d>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x80 [ 98.773930] [<c0104bc8>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 [ 98.773938] [<c0340000>] hci_sock_setsockopt+0x0/0x1b0 [ 98.773947] ======================= [ 85.153581] BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! [ 85.153602] [<c014212b>] softlockup_tick+0xbb/0xf0 [ 85.153614] [<c0126152>] update_process_times+0x32/0x80 [ 85.153621] [<c0139395>] tick_sched_timer+0x75/0x1c0 [ 85.153631] [<c0133e70>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x170/0x1c0 [ 85.153639] [<c011119d>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x80 [ 85.153645] [<c0104bc8>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 [ 85.153653] [<c0340000>] hci_sock_setsockopt+0x0/0x1b0 [ 85.153660] ======================= [ 72.741364] usb 1-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [ 99.596976] BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! [ 99.596995] [<c014212b>] softlockup_tick+0xbb/0xf0 [ 99.597006] [<c0126152>] update_process_times+0x32/0x80 [ 99.597013] [<c0139395>] tick_sched_timer+0x75/0x1c0 [ 99.597024] [<c0133e70>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x170/0x1c0 [ 99.597032] [<c011119d>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x80 [ 99.597038] [<c0104bc8>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 [ 99.597045] [<c043007b>] pci_pcbios_init+0x18b/0x260 [ 99.597050] [<c0102fab>] default_idle+0x2b/0x40 [ 99.597054] [<c0103008>] cpu_idle+0x48/0x80 [ 99.597057] [<c041087f>] start_kernel+0x21f/0x2a0 [ 99.597063] [<c04102e0>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x1d0 [ 99.597068] ======================= [ 124.441285] BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! [ 124.441305] [<c014212b>] softlockup_tick+0xbb/0xf0 [ 124.441315] [<c0126152>] update_process_times+0x32/0x80 [ 124.441323] [<c0139395>] tick_sched_timer+0x75/0x1c0 [ 124.441336] [<c0133e70>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x170/0x1c0 [ 124.441345] [<c011119d>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x80 [ 124.441352] [<c0104bc8>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 [ 124.441360] [<c043007b>] pci_pcbios_init+0x18b/0x260 [ 124.441366] [<c0102fab>] default_idle+0x2b/0x40 [ 124.441371] [<c0103008>] cpu_idle+0x48/0x80 [ 124.441375] [<c041087f>] start_kernel+0x21f/0x2a0 [ 124.441381] [<c04102e0>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x1d0 [ 124.441388] ======================= -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo ----------------------------------------------------------------- Linux, the UNIX defragmentation tool. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/