[Bug 764] New: btime in /proc/stat wobbles (even over 30 seconds)

Martin J. Bligh
2003-06-02T14:49:04Z

Summary: btime in /proc/stat wobbles (even over 30 seconds)
Kernel Version: 2.5.70 but also in 2.2.20
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Owner: johnstul@us.ibm.com
Submitter: h.lambermont@aramiska.net

Distribution: Debian and Red Hat
Hardware Environment: i386
Software Environment: /proc
Problem Description:

btime in /proc/stat changes over time. We even see it wobble over 30 seconds.
See also
http://www.google.nl/search?q=cache:ISSy3HrMcvQJ:bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/long_list.cgi%3Fbuglist%3D75107+btime+/proc/stat&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8

Steps to reproduce:

Comparing /proc/stat's btime every minute shows the differences.
We see this behaviour on all of our 1500 Linux machines.