On 2013.07.10 at 11:13 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 09:24:08AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Dave Jones <da...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 05:15:07PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, Dave Jones wrote: > > > > > > > > > BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 23s! [trinity-child1:14565] > > > > > perf samples too long (2519 > 2500), lowering > kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000 > > > > > INFO: NMI handler (perf_event_nmi_handler) took too long to run: > 238147.002 msecs > > > > > > > > So we see a softlockup of 23 seconds and the perf_event_nmi_handler > > > > claims it did run 23.8 seconds. > > > > > > > > Are there more instances of NMI handler messages ? > > > > > > [ 2552.006181] perf samples too long (2511 > 2500), lowering > kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000 > > > [ 2552.008680] INFO: NMI handler (perf_event_nmi_handler) took too long > to run: 500392.002 msecs > > > > Dave, could you pull in the latest perf fixes at: > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git perf/urgent > > > > In particular this: > > > > e5302920da9e perf: Fix interrupt handler timing harness > > > > could make a difference - if your tests somehow end up activating perf. > > Something is really fucked up in the kernel side of perf. > I get this right after booting.. > > [ 114.516619] perf samples too long (4262 > 2500), lowering > kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
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