The patch titled softlockup debug has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is softlockup-debug.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: softlockup debug From: "Dmitry Adamushko" <dmitry.adamushko@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/softlockup.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/softlockup.c~softlockup-debug kernel/softlockup.c --- a/kernel/softlockup.c~softlockup-debug +++ a/kernel/softlockup.c @@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ static int watchdog(void *__bind_cpu) check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(this_cpu); } + printk(KERN_ERR "watchdog(cpu: %d) -- exit\n", this_cpu); return 0; } @@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN: p = per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu); per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu) = NULL; + printk(KERN_ERR "kthread_stop(watchdog on cpu: %d)\n", hotcpu); kthread_stop(p); break; #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dmitry.adamushko@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch softlockup-debug.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html