Re: [PATCH] nohz: don't stop idle tick if softirqs are pending.

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Jul 11 2008 - 05:19:31 EST



* Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Subject: [PATCH] nohz: don't stop idle tick if softirqs are pending.

applied to tip/timers/nohz, thanks Heiko.

> However there is no question that the drivers should be fixed. This
> patch shouldn't be considered as a bug fix. It just is intended to
> keep a system running even if device drivers are buggy.

agreed.

Ingo
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