From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932140AbWFZC2v (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:28:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751412AbWFZC2v (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:28:51 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.21]:17315 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751409AbWFZC2v (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:28:51 -0400 X-Authenticated: #14349625 Subject: Re: Measuring tools - top and interrupts From: Mike Galbraith To: danial_thom@yahoo.com Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Bj=F6rn=22?= Steinbrink , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060625204553.52734.qmail@web33307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060625204553.52734.qmail@web33307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:33:02 +0200 Message-Id: <1151289182.7470.31.camel@Homer.TheSimpsons.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 13:45 -0700, Danial Thom wrote: > I think the one thing we can surmise from this > thread is that you can't rely on kernel usage > statistics to be accurate, as its likely that > there are many, many cases that don't work > properly. It was always wrong in 2.4 as well. Once identified, problems tend to get fixed. This one will probably be history soon. You know the old saying though... "There are lies, there are _damn_ lies, and then there are _statistics_".