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SubjectRe: cpufreq affects traffic control rates
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:26:24 +0200 (CEST)
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> wrote:

>
> On Aug 28 2007 15:23, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> >> I noticed lately that my traffic control rates were being very slow,
> >> about 40% less than expected, and finally spotted the problem: cpufreq.
> >>
> >> Looks like HTB puts buckets according to the requested rate but
> >> assuming that the CPU is running at its default clock or something like
> >> that.
> >>
> >Is the problem configuration of network scheduler clock? In 2.6.20 and earlier, you
> >could use CPU cycle counter (later kernels only use time of day). So try
> >switching to jiffies or gettimeofday.
>
> This should not have been removed. CPUs with constant_tsc
> could still be used with "CPU cycle counter" method.
>
>
> Jan

It was removed because the core clock subsystem now manages the choice
of CPU clock correctly and should provide the highest resolution possible
on the hardware.

Plus a whole bunch of grotty macro code gets removed. And the math
handling was more standard/simpler.

--
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
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