Re: [Xen-devel] Soft lockup/Time went backwards in latest unstab

To:	Derek Murray <Derek.Murray@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] Soft lockup/Time went backwards in latest unstable
From:	Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:03:46 +0000
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On 28/2/07 11:25, "Derek Murray" <Derek.Murray@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The only relevant changes between changesets 13212 and 13213 apply to
> the file linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.c (and the
> corresponding x86_64 file), to which a poll_idle() function has been
> added. I don't quite understand the significance of this, but could
> it be responsible for the bug that I'm seeing?

You are almost certainly picking up acpi_processor_idle() or apm_cpu_idle().
You might want to check this. I don't think any good could come of this. :-)

I'll have a think about the best fix...

 -- Keir

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