Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:20:29 +0100 | From | Stefano Brivio <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3 |
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:31:25 +0100 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
> On Saturday, 24 of November 2007, Stefano Brivio wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:48:58 +0100 > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > > > > > NO_HZ? Highres timers? > > > > CONFIG_HZ_1000=y > > # CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is not set > > > > > I understand that the previous kernels behave correctly. All of them? > > > > 2.6.21 behaved correctly. Sorry but git-bisect would take a lot of time > > (I can't reliably reproduce the jiffies jump), so I would avoid that if > > not strictly needed. > > Well, it would be good to know if 2.6.23 behaves correctly, at least.
Weird, it looks like I can't boot with 2.6.23.9 because of some issues with dm-crypt (my root filesystem is encrypted). I double-checked the configuration (which I just took from my current one), well, no way. Any other test I can do?
In the meanwhile, I noted another thing: sometimes it happens that I become root and the jiffies counter jumps ahead. Then, when I close any root session, the jiffies counter jumps back to the correct value.
Please remember that this isn't just an aesthetic issue, as some drivers (e.g. b43 and b43legacy, but I guess a lot more) rely on jiffies. Do I need to file a bug to bugzilla.kernel.org? Thank you.
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