Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:24:02 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3 |
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 06:57:43PM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> > adjust_jiffies() always gets called on a speed transition. I'm wondering > > if perhaps we shouldn't do that if we're using something other than > > the tsc for timekeeping. > > I gave other clocksources a try: > > morte st3 # cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource > acpi_pm pit jiffies tsc > > Setting tsc as current clocksource: > morte st3 # echo tsc > /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource > [13367.729060] Time: tsc clocksource has been installed. > didn't fix anything. Other weirdness here: it looks like it affects my > typematic delay and repeat rate.
*grumble*
> Setting jiffies or pit as current clocksource didn't fix anything, but at > least it doesn't cause anything bad. > > Do you want me to comment out adjust_jiffies() and see what happens?
Just for laughs, why not.
Dave
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