* Process start times moving in reverse on 2.6.8.1 @ 2004-10-04 19:00 Phil Oester 2004-10-04 23:35 ` Andrew Morton 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Phil Oester @ 2004-10-04 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel ISTR discussion on the mailing list about this problem, and recently upgraded from 2.6.3 to 2.6.8.1 to hopefully solve it, but alas the problem still exists. Example: # date ; ps -ef | grep ps | grep -v grep Mon Oct 4 14:53:39 EDT 2004 root 29412 29351 0 14:51 pts/0 00:00:00 ps -ef 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? Phil ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Process start times moving in reverse on 2.6.8.1 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 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Andrew Morton @ 2004-10-04 23:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Phil Oester; +Cc: linux-kernel Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com> wrote: > > ISTR discussion on the mailing list about this problem, > and recently upgraded from 2.6.3 to 2.6.8.1 to hopefully > solve it, but alas the problem still exists. > > Example: > > # date ; ps -ef | grep ps | grep -v grep > Mon Oct 4 14:53:39 EDT 2004 > root 29412 29351 0 14:51 pts/0 00:00:00 ps -ef > > 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. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Process start times moving in reverse on 2.6.8.1 2004-10-04 23:35 ` Andrew Morton @ 2004-10-07 22:06 ` Phil Oester 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Phil Oester @ 2004-10-07 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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