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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
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Subject: cpu idle time going backward
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:15:01 +0100
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There seems to be something wrong with cpu idle time accounting at least
on G5.  The value as reported in the cpu lines in /proc/stat seems to be
stuck in the interval [100000,210000] for each cpu, jumping back at
random points.  Any idea what could be the problem?

Andreas.

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