From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:49:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:48:53 -0400 Received: from [203.35.254.67] ([203.35.254.67]:33545 "EHLO once-ler.syd.bluefishwireless.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:48:38 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:48:55 +1000 From: Matt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: procps-bugs@redhat.com Subject: struct_task->start_time, jiffies or hz_to_std(jiffies) Message-ID: <20010913154855.B628@bluefishwireless.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i X-OperatingSystem: Linux version 2.4.9-ac10 (root@ham) (gcc version 2.95.4 20010902 (Debian prerelease)) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org given 2.4.9-ac10 linux/kernel/fork.c:658 p->start_time = jiffies; is this 2.4.9-ac10 linux/fs/proc/array.c task->start_time, correct? or should it be hz_to_std(task->start_time), ?? i know this will affect libproc, however libproc appears to be broken anyway; i changed HZ and CLOCKS_PER_SEC to 1024 in include/asm/param.h on x86 and top / ps etc are giving me very whacked out numbers.. the machine itself is stable however and appears to be working just fine. matt