Re: latest -git: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/ipi.c:123 send_IPI_mask_bitmask+0xc3/0xe0()

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From: Dave Jones
Date: Monday, August 25, 2008 - 12:13 pm

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:08:23PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
 > Andi Kleen wrote:
 > >> Probably because you're using p4-clockmod, and it's crap.
 > > 
 > > Really should really bite the bullet and just remove it. People 
 > > run in this all the time and I bet you can count the people who
 > > actually use it consciously and usefully with one hand.
 > > 
 > > Or at least only make it run when the user set a "I_REALLY_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING"
 > > option explicitely.
 > 
 > CONFIG_BROKEN?

It's not really broken (at least in the CONFIG_BROKEN sense), it just sucks
when used in the wrong situations. (Which is 99% of the use-cases people
try to use it).

	Dave

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Re: latest -git: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/ipi.c:123 sen ..., Jeremy Fitzhardinge, (Fri Aug 22, 11:42 pm)
Re: latest -git: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/ipi.c:123 sen ..., Dave Jones, (Mon Aug 25, 12:13 pm)