From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 15:59:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8612C16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:59:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from duchess.speedfactory.net (duchess.speedfactory.net [66.23.201.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E0DEE43D5A for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:59:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ups@tree.com) Received: (qmail 9411 invoked by uid 89); 10 Nov 2004 15:54:18 -0000 Received: from duchess.speedfactory.net (66.23.201.84) by duchess.speedfactory.net with SMTP; 10 Nov 2004 15:54:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 9276 invoked by uid 89); 10 Nov 2004 15:54:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO palm.tree.com) (66.23.216.49) by duchess.speedfactory.net with SMTP; 10 Nov 2004 15:54:16 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost.tree.com [127.0.0.1]) by palm.tree.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAAFsC5R053119; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:54:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ups@tree.com) From: Stephan Uphoff To: Nik Azim Azam In-Reply-To: <1099578156.90396.2592.camel@palm.tree.com> References: <20041021081115.88930.qmail@web21125.mail.yahoo.com> <1099447887.90396.91.camel@palm.tree.com> <1099485223.90396.98.camel@palm.tree.com> <1099578156.90396.2592.camel@palm.tree.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1100102052.49430.27.camel@palm.tree.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:54:12 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: number of CPUs and IPI panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:59:49 -0000 On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 09:22, Stephan Uphoff wrote: > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 07:33, Stephan Uphoff wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 21:11, Stephan Uphoff wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 04:11, Nik Azim Azam wrote: > > > > the system still panics with the same message with the > > > > provided patch. please advise me what should i do to > > > > get more information out of this panic. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > nik. > > > > > > Could you try the attached patch? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Stephan > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > There is a bug in my patch that basically disables AST IPIs :-(. > > ( Pretty harmless - buildworld runs without a hitch) > > I will send a new patch later today. > > > > Stephan > > Uhhh .. caught a virus and need to recover first. > My last patch was so ridiculously broken that I decided not to touch any > code for the next few days. > > Stephan > OK - lets try this again. The attached patch should prevent blocking on redundant IPIs caused by the apic not being able to queue the request. If this does not work we will have to instrument the code. Stephan