Re: stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU#0)

Mike Ricketts (mike@oxlug.org)
Sun, 2 Jan 2000 19:10:22 +0000 (GMT)


On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Oliver Mai wrote:

> Hi!
>
Hi,

> I am running Linux 2.2.13 on a dual Pentium II system w/
> ASUS P2L97-DS mainboard.
>
I have a dual PII with Gigabyte GA6BX mobo. I've seen similar things with
2.3.almost everything.

> When I am working with the AnyJ Java IDE, it frequently
> happens that my system hangs for several seconds.
> dmesg gives the message
> stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU#0)
> after some of theses hangs.

Mine is usually CPU#1 rather than #0. Very occasionally both. It doesn't
always recover from the hangs at all.

> I am running AnyJ with the IBM JDK 1.1.8 which makes have
> use of native LinuxThreads.

I haven't used this at all.
Tha hangs seem more frequent when I'm watching TV, especially it often
happens when I change channel. I can't see anything that looks dodgy in
the bttv code thoguh.

> Should I upgrade to 2.3.*?
>
Only in that it might provide more information. Don't expect it to fix
it.

-- 
Mike Ricketts <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>

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