Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263763AbUDOQOl (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:14:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264122AbUDOQOl (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:14:41 -0400 Received: from elektroni.ee.tut.fi ([130.230.131.11]:54145 "HELO elektroni.ee.tut.fi") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263763AbUDOQOj (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:14:39 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:14:36 +0300 From: Petri Kaukasoina To: Tim Schmielau Cc: john stultz , george anzinger , Albert Cahalan , David Ford , linux-kernel mailing list Subject: Re: /proc or ps tools bug? 2.6.3, time is off Message-ID: <20040415161436.GA21613@elektroni.ee.tut.fi> Mail-Followup-To: Tim Schmielau , john stultz , george anzinger , Albert Cahalan , David Ford , linux-kernel mailing list References: <403D0F63.3050101@mvista.com> <1077760348.2857.129.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <403E7BEE.9040203@mvista.com> <1077837016.2857.171.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <403E8D5B.9040707@mvista.com> <1081895880.4705.57.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <1081967295.4705.96.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <20040415103711.GA320@elektroni.ee.tut.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1084 Lines: 25 On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 01:05:17PM +0200, Tim Schmielau wrote: > On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Petri Kaukasoina wrote: > > > If we are still talking about the problem with ps showing process start > > times in future, I'm sorry neither of the patches helped. The error grows > > here at a rate of 15 seconds in 24 hours as before. > > Oops... > sure, it cannot. Maybe this one is better... > > > --- linux-2.6.5/include/linux/times.h 2004-02-04 04:43:09.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.6.5-jfix1/include/linux/times.h 2004-04-15 12:59:05.000000000 +0200 Yes, it seems to have fixed it. There is a small error: ps shows a start time of a new minute about four seconds too early, but the error stays constant and does not change as a function of uptime any longer. (Actually it still does but only at the same rate as ntpd corrects time.) -Petri - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/