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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] fix oops message from timer_interrupt on VT

To: Atsushi SAKAI <sakaia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] fix oops message from timer_interrupt on VTI domain
From: Aron Griffis <aron@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:44:27 -0500
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Atsushi SAKAI wrote:  [Mon Jan 22 2007, 07:36:55PM EST]
> Oops: timer tick before it's due (itc=ed98bb5849,itm=ed98bb5849)
> Oops: timer tick before it's due (itc=f20bca8ca3,itm=f20bca8ca3)
> Oops: timer tick before it's due (itc=f4ea4e2b32,itm=f4ea4e2b32)
...
> 
> These oops messages are generated
> because timer_interrupt checks the condition itc > itm.

Is that the right comparison though?  itc isn't guaranteed to return
different values on subsequent fetches, and the interrupt is generated
when itc == itm, right?  So shouldn't the condition be itc >= itm?

Aron

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