From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269844AbUJHBdC (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 21:33:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269820AbUJHBdA (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 21:33:00 -0400 Received: from adsl-67-120-171-161.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([67.120.171.161]:28544 "HELO home.linuxace.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S269844AbUJGWGq (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:06:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:06:40 -0700 From: Phil Oester To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Process start times moving in reverse on 2.6.8.1 Message-ID: <20041007220640.GA18303@linuxace.com> References: <20041004190054.GA29409@linuxace.com> <20041004163511.5624c52c.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041004163511.5624c52c.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 04:35:11PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Phil Oester 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