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* SMP broken on Dell PowerEdge 4100/200 under 2.6.0-testxx?
@ 2003-12-06  2:32 Colin Coe
  2003-12-06  2:42 ` William Lee Irwin III
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 29+ messages in thread
From: Colin Coe @ 2003-12-06  2:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

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Hi all

I believe there is a SMP problem with the Dell PowerEdge 4100/200 under
2.6.0-testxx kernels.  I've looked through the archives but haven't found
anyone mention any problems similar to this.

The system has 640MB RAM (4x32MB and 4x128MB), dual Pentium Pro 200s and
is pure SCSI (AIC-7860 and AMI MegaRAID 428 controllers).

Under v2.4.23, 'cat /proc/interrupts' shows the following (with an uptime
of 10 minutes):
           CPU0       CPU1
  0:      28961      33597    IO-APIC-edge  timer
  1:          2          3    IO-APIC-edge  keyboard
  2:                              XT-PIC  cascade
  4:         38         11    IO-APIC-edge  serial
  5:        191        209   IO-APIC-level  eth1
  8:          1              IO-APIC-edge  rtc
 10:       1241       1238   IO-APIC-level  aic7xxx
 11:        299        315   IO-APIC-level  eth0
 12:         25          3    IO-APIC-edge  PS/2 Mouse
 14:                       IO-APIC-level  cs46xx
 15:       2756       2679   IO-APIC-level  megaraid
NMI:                    0
LOC:      62438      62440
ERR:          0
MIS:          0

This indicates to me that the processing load is being evenly distributed
accross the two processes.  Under v2.6.0-testxx however, 'cat
/proc/interrupts' shows this:
[root@host root]# cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0       CPU1
  0:     633122         30    IO-APIC-edge  timer
  1:        207              IO-APIC-edge  i8042
  2:                              XT-PIC  cascade
  4:         48          1    IO-APIC-edge  serial
  5:        449          1   IO-APIC-level  eth1
 10:        135          1   IO-APIC-level  aic7xxx
 11:       1447          1   IO-APIC-level  eth0
 12:         61              IO-APIC-edge  i8042
 14:                       IO-APIC-level  CS46XX
 15:      14982          1   IO-APIC-level  megaraid
NMI:                    0
LOC:     632444     632443
ERR:          0
MIS:          0

which indicates to me that only CPU0 is being used.

It is a RH9 based system with several packages updated so as to satisfy
the kernel's minimum requirements.

[root@host root]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21052 (rev 02)
00:0f.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corp. 82375EB (rev 15)
00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
(rev 78)
00:11.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W
[Millennium II]
00:13.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone]
(rev 30)
01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24
[CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
01:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7860 (rev 01)
01:0d.0 Unknown mass storage controller: American Megatrends Inc. MegaRAID
428 Ultra RAID Controller (rev 03)

[root@host linux]# ./scripts/ver_linux
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.

Linux host.domain.com 2.6.0-test11 #3 SMP Sat Dec 6 09:49:19 WST 2003 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Gnu C                  3.2.2
Gnu make               3.79.1
util-linux             2.11y
mount                  2.11y
module-init-tools      implemented (0.9.14)
e2fsprogs              1.32
PPP                    2.4.1
Linux C Library        2.3.2
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.3.2
Procps                 3.1.13
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.08
Sh-utils               4.5.3
Modules Loaded

[root@host linux]# ld -v
GNU ld version 2.13.90.0.18 20030206

I think I've provided the necessary info, but if I've missed anything
please advise and I'll provide what is required.

The .config for 2.6.0-test11 is attached.

Has anyone seen this or have any idea what may be going on?

TIA

CC

--
"Obnoxious frog..." Spike, 2071AD


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CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE=y
CONFIG_STANDALONE=y
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_X86_PC=y
CONFIG_M686=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=4
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_MICROCODE=m
CONFIG_X86_MSR=m
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=m
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY_PROC=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_EISA=y
CONFIG_EISA_PCI_EISA=y
CONFIG_EISA_VIRTUAL_ROOT=y
CONFIG_EISA_NAMES=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
CONFIG_PNPBIOS=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_LBD=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SCSI_REPORT_LUNS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=32
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY_MS=15000
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_MASK=0
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_REG_PRETTY_PRINT=y
CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID=y
CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_INET_ECN=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TFTP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_AMANDA=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_IPRANGE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_RECENT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_CONNTRACK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_NETMAP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_SAME=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_LOCAL=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_TFTP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_AMANDA=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_CLASSIFY=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP_MANGLE=y
CONFIG_IPV6_SCTP__=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=y
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
CONFIG_VORTEX=y
CONFIG_PPP=y
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=y
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=y
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=y
CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
CONFIG_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD=y
CONFIG_STALDRV=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=4
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SOUND=y
CONFIG_SND=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=y
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_CS46XX=y
CONFIG_SND_CS46XX_NEW_DSP=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_UDF_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_SMB_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
CONFIG_X86_EXTRA_IRQS=y
CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y
CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=y
CONFIG_X86_SMP=y
CONFIG_X86_HT=y
CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y
CONFIG_X86_TRAMPOLINE=y
CONFIG_PC=y

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2003-12-06  2:32 SMP broken on Dell PowerEdge 4100/200 under 2.6.0-testxx? Colin Coe
2003-12-06  2:42 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-06  2:48   ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-06  2:48   ` Nick Piggin
2003-12-06  3:07     ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-06  4:28       ` Stian Jordet
2003-12-06  4:37         ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-06  4:48           ` Stian Jordet
2003-12-06  4:54             ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-06  4:57               ` Stian Jordet
2003-12-06  5:09                 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-06  5:14                   ` Stian Jordet
2003-12-06  5:40                     ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-08 15:57                       ` bill davidsen
2003-12-08 16:47                         ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-06  7:11               ` Colin Coe
2003-12-08 15:45               ` bill davidsen
2003-12-08 17:36                 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2003-12-06 14:07           ` Adam Kropelin
2003-12-06  7:02       ` Colin Coe
2003-12-06 10:58         ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-06 20:08         ` Ethan Weinstein
2003-12-06 14:40   ` IRQ balancing Sean Neakums
2003-12-06 14:48     ` Sean Neakums
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2003-12-06 17:38   ` SMP broken on Dell PowerEdge 4100/200 under 2.6.0-testxx? William Park
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2003-12-08 16:42               ` Matthew Kanar
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