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    SubjectRe: [stable] 2.6.23 regression: top displaying 9999% CPU usage
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    Am Montag, 29. Oktober 2007 schrieb Balbir Singh:
    > We'll also need this additional patch (untested), but in the long run
    > I think the approach needs to be
    >
    > 1. Update stime and utime at the time of context switching -- keep it
    > in sync with p->sum_exec_runtime
    > 2. Keep track of system/user context at system call entry points

    This is similar to what s390 and ppc64 do when CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING is
    set. Whenever you do a patch, please make sure to not break the already
    precise values for utime and stime on s390 and ppc. Feel free to CC me
    whenever you have a patch for this.

    Christian
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