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From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip, final] perf, x86: Add hw_watchdog_set_attr() in a
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On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 12:59:59PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
...
> 
> are 'non-sleeping ticks' non-halted cycles - i.e. cycles that always 
> count with CPU frequency and can thus be used for periodic 
> frequencies?
> 

Yes, I think so (btw, as far as I remember oprofile does the same 'threshold'
gaming for nmi-watchdog).

	Cyrill