Brandt Erickson wrote:
> Well, I'm working on a desktop but frequency scaling was enabled, so I
> recompiled the kernel without frequency scaling support and the behavior
> still persists. 

Sure your kernel was updated? Check /proc/cpuinfo for varying numbers
with and without system load.

> I've run the latency program from the test suite, but I'm
> not sure how I should interpret the output.  What indicators am I looking
> for?

High jitters of the measured delays if the cpu frequency changes. Once
the frequency is different from the calibration time, you either get too
short or too long intervals when reading the time. You will not see any
effect if your CPU is in the same state during both calibration and
measuring time.

But maybe it is better to post a simple excerpt of your test which shows
your problem and let us cross-check.

Jan