Re: [PATCH 0/5] Proper kernel irq time reporting -v0

[Shaun Ruffell <sruffell@digium.com>]

On 10/20/2010 05:48 PM, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote:
> This is part 2 of
> "Proper kernel irq time accounting -v4"
> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail//linux/kernel/1010.0/01175.html
> 
> and applies over those changes.
> 

I applied both sets on top of 2.6.36 and tested on x86 32-bit and 64-bit
machines with some telephony cards that interrupt at a 1000Hz rate.  The
time reported in top matched the expected value as measured with the
function graph tracer.  i.e, if /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
indicated that the interrupt handler was averaging 13us, then top was
reporting 1.3% CPU time.  I changed the smp_affinity and the "hi" time
moved around as I would have expected.  I also scheduled work items on
all the CPUs that just disable interrupt and spin for a selectable
period.  Scheduling 100ms of non-interruptible delay at 1 second
intervals resulted in 10% time in "hi" as expected.

Hopefully I can check it out on a Powermac G3 B&W next week sometime,
but FWIW:

Tested-by: Shaun Ruffell <sruffell@digium.com>