Devastating latency on a 3Ghz xeon .. Maybe the raw_spinlock in the timer base is creating a unbounded latency?
Daniel ( softirq-timer/1-13 |#1): new 66088 us maximum-latency critical section. => started at timestamp 1857957769: <__down_mutex+0x5f/0x295> => ended at timestamp 1858023857: <_raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x16/0x39> Call Trace:<ffffffff80144816>{check_critical_timing+491} <ffffffff8047732a>{rt_secret_rebuild+0} <ffffffff80144adb>{trace_irqs_on+100} <ffffffff80508da5>{_raw_spin_unlock_irq+22} <ffffffff8013303b>{run_timer_softirq+1916} <ffffffff8012f0d6>{ksoftirqd+241} <ffffffff8012efe5>{ksoftirqd+0} <ffffffff8013f961>{kthread+218} <ffffffff8010e9c2>{child_rip+8} <ffffffff8013f887>{kthread+0} <ffffffff8010e9ba>{child_rip+0} --------------------------- | preempt count: 00000000 ] | 0-level deep critical section nesting: ---------------------------------------- => dump-end timestamp 1858101914 - 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/