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Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:29:18 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/cputime: make scale_stime() more precise
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On 07/23, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> > > Yes, statistically the numbers are proportionally divided.
> >
> > This; due to the loss in precision the distribution is like a step
> > function around the actual s:u ratio line, but on average it still is
> > s:u.
>
> You know, I am no longer sure... perhaps it is even worse, I need to recheck.

To clarify, this is probably true even if prev_cputime adds more confusion.
But how many minutes (hours? days?) you need to look at /proc/pid/stat
to get the average which more or less matches the reality?

Oleg.