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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix softlockup issue after vcpu hotplug

To: "Graham, Simon" <Simon.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix softlockup issue after vcpu hotplug
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:05:37 +0000
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On 2/2/07 03:47, "Graham, Simon" <Simon.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How about using a slightly smaller value like 1 or 2 s -- something
> larger than the expected wakeup latency etc but small enough that it
> would take multiple back-to-back bursts to hit 10s...

The choice of 5s was hardly scientific. I would say a choice of between say
2s and 5s is just fine and unlikely to really affect likelihood of false
positives.

 -- Keir



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