Re: [BUG] jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3

Rafael J. Wysocki
2007-11-24T19:13:42Z

On Saturday, 24 of November 2007, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:48:58 +0100
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
>
> > NO_HZ? Highres timers?
>
> CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
> # CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is not set
>
> > I understand that the previous kernels behave correctly. All of them?
>
> 2.6.21 behaved correctly. Sorry but git-bisect would take a lot of time (I
> can't reliably reproduce the jiffies jump), so I would avoid that if not
> strictly needed.

Well, it would be good to know if 2.6.23 behaves correctly, at least.

Thanks,
Rafael