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    SubjectRe: [patch] dubious process system time.
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    On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 09:40 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
    > > The system time that is accounted to a process includes the time spent
    > > in three different contexts: normal system time, hardirq time and
    > > softirq time.
    >
    > Is that true (at the moment) with CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING=y? I
    > thought it wasn't.

    CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING improves the precision of the numbers that
    get accounted with account_[user,system,steal]_time. Which bucket the
    time goes into is decided in the three functions.

    --
    blue skies,
    Martin.

    Martin Schwidefsky
    Linux for zSeries Development & Services
    IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH

    "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


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