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Commit 7def2be1 authored by Peter Zijlstra's avatar Peter Zijlstra Committed by Ingo Molnar
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sched: fix hotplug cpus on ia64



Cliff Wickman wrote:

> I built an ia64 kernel from Andrew's tree (2.6.26-rc2-mm1)
> and get a very predictable hotplug cpu problem.
> billberry1:/tmp/cpw # ./dis
> disabled cpu 17
> enabled cpu 17
> billberry1:/tmp/cpw # ./dis
> disabled cpu 17
> enabled cpu 17
> billberry1:/tmp/cpw # ./dis
>
> The script that disables the cpu always hangs (unkillable)
> on the 3rd attempt.
>
> And a bit further:
> The kstopmachine thread always sits on the run queue (real time) for about
> 30 minutes before running.

this fix solves some (but not all) issues between CPU hotplug and
RT bandwidth throttling.

Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
parent e958b360
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