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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com>
Cc: shemminger@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] possible erronous use of tick_usec in do_gettimeofday
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 02:29:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3oeuxwa9x.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <VOyG.w9.35@gated-at.bofh.it> (Joe Korty's message of "Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:50:47 +0100")

Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com> writes:

> test10's version of do_gettimeofday is using tick_usec which is
> defined in terms of USER_HZ not HZ.
>
> Against 2.6.0-test10-bk1.  Compiled, not tested, for comment only.
>

I added the changes to x86-64, but at least ping still complains 
that the time is going backwards. The machine is running ntpd
and has a high drift (AMD 8111 chipset, doesn't have the most stable
timer in the world)

-Andi

  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-11-28  1:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]     ` <LAPN.1dU.11@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]       ` <LGLz.1h2.5@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-10-28 19:19         ` gettimeofday resolution seriously degraded in test9 David Mosberger-Tang
2003-10-28 19:59           ` Stephen Hemminger
2003-10-29  0:19             ` David Mosberger
     [not found]         ` <LVAR.4Mb.3@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]           ` <M4uv.bw.5@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]             ` <M7sx.4et.13@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]               ` <MsGE.8cN.19@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]                 ` <MsZZ.c3.5@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]                   ` <Mufp.1YL.15@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]                     ` <VOyG.w9.35@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-11-28  1:29                       ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2003-10-28  0:29 john stultz
2003-10-28  1:17 ` Stephen Hemminger
2003-10-28 11:55   ` Gabriel Paubert
2003-10-28 18:21     ` Stephen Hemminger
2003-10-29 10:07       ` Gabriel Paubert
2003-10-29 19:38         ` Stephen Hemminger
2003-10-29 22:50           ` Peter Chubb
2003-10-30 21:33             ` George Anzinger
2003-10-30 21:52               ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-10-30 23:15                 ` Peter Chubb
2003-11-25 16:42                   ` [RFC] possible erronous use of tick_usec in do_gettimeofday Joe Korty
2003-11-25 17:13                     ` Stephen Hemminger
2003-11-25 19:57                     ` George Anzinger
2003-11-25 21:12                       ` Joe Korty
2003-11-25 23:26                         ` George Anzinger

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