23
Sep
Linux kernel programming is always a challenge. Especially, when you are playing with very low-level functionality (like manually sending IPI between the CPUs/cores). Unfortunately, this specific functionality kept making troubles for me for a couple of weeks and I haven’t found ANY information on the internet regarding the issue which I hit/met. That’s why I decided it could be useful for other people if I describe my journey with the APIs like smp_call_function_single() / on_each_cpu(), NMI watchdog which can kill correct task and do not inform about problematic CPU/core etc. I’ve been discussing this issue with Alexander (Solar Designer) and he has started a discussion about that on Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) which you can find here:
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1609.2/03265.html
Thanks,
Adam