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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] Turn off pending guest timer printk

To: "Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>, <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] Turn off pending guest timer printk
From: Tristan Gingold <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:53:24 +0100
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Le Mercredi 15 Mars 2006 15:46, Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins) a 
écrit :
> > > Per discussion in January, this printk can be turned off as it
> > > is just indicating that a condition occurred which Kevin fixed.
> >
> > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-ia64-devel/2006-0
> > 1/msg00117
> >
> > > .html
> > >
> > > The similar "Oops: timer tick before it's due" from Linux
> > > is probably related but not understood or fixed.
> >
> > Sorry, but I do not agree.
> >
> > As far as I know, there are no anymore "Oops: timer" messages
> > from Linux when
> > SMP is turn on.
> > Does everybody agree ?
> >
> > However, there are still "Oops: timer" message from Xen.  I
> > have maybe an
> > explaination for this message, but I have to investigate.
> > Also, this message
> > is harmless.
>
> With xen-unstable 9236 (yesterday), I am getting both:
>
> "(XEN) Ooops, pending guest timer before its due"
>  and
> "Oops: timer tick before it's due (itc=...,itm=...)"
>
> The first is from Xen and the second is from Linux.
>
> Running dom0 and domU (both idle) overnight on a 2-way
> rx2600, I got about 100 of each.
Ok, this is a bad news.
I will try to reproduce the bug.

Tristan.


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