From: Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Process start times moving in reverse on 2.6.8.1
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:06:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041007220640.GA18303@linuxace.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041004163511.5624c52c.akpm@osdl.org>
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 04:35:11PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com> wrote:
> > Notice the two minute difference between now and what the
> > process start time is. Uptime on this box is 48 days, so
> > it is a gradual drift.
> >
> > Any ideas on this? Or has it been fixed since 2.6.8.1?
>
> It's allegedly fixed by
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc3/2.6.9-rc3-mm2/broken-out/fix-process-start-times.patch
> but I've seen no confirmation of that.
After running a patched 2.6.9-rc3-bk7 box for a day vs a freshly
rebooted 2.6.8.1, I can confirm that process start times seem
to coincide with current time, while the 2.6.8.1 box is already
out of sync.
I'd say this is a keeper, but can track it longer if you prefer.
Phil
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-08 1:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-04 19:00 Process start times moving in reverse on 2.6.8.1 Phil Oester
2004-10-04 23:35 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-07 22:06 ` Phil Oester [this message]
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