Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:22:16 -0400 | From | Daniel Petrini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386 No-Idle-Hz aka Dynamic-Ticks 3 |
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> I convinced my self that the next_timer... code in timer.c misses timers > (i.e. gives the wrong answer). I did this (after wondering due to > performance) by scanning the whole timer list after I had the > next_timer... answer and finding a better answer, not always, but some > times. That code does not address the cascade list correctly.
The timertop kernel patch accounts for all the scheduled timers. Try to take a look at its output at /proc/top_info. Maybe it can help to detect it.
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