Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] Updated dynamic tick patches - Fix lost tick calculation in timer_pm.c | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:05:00 -0400 |
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On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 22:42 +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote: > With this patch, time had kept up really well on one particular > machine (Intel 4way Pentium 3 box) overnight, while > on another newer machine (Intel 4way Xeon with HT) it didnt do so > well (time sped up after 3 or 4 hours). Hence I consider this > particular patch will need more review/work. >
Are lost ticks really that common? If so, any idea what's disabling interrupts for so long (or if it's a hardware issue)? And if not, it seems like you'd need an artificial way to simulate lost ticks in order to test this stuff.
Lee
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