Re: [Bug #12650] Strange load average and ksoftirqd behavior with 2.6.29-rc2-git1

Damien Wyart
2009-02-16T10:50:07Z

> > > Does it find any TSC time warps?

> > Seems not.

> ok, it's indeed pretty conclusive:

> | 2 CPUs, running 2 parallel test-tasks.
> | checking for time-warps via:
> | - read time stamp counter (RDTSC) instruction (cycle resolution)
> |
> | | TSC: 0.32us, fail:0 |

> i suspect you ran it for at least a couple of minutes, and the ksoftirqd
> anomaly occured during it, right?

Yes, that's right. I ran it for a few ten of minutes and the ksoftirqd
anomaly was occuring.

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Damien