Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030746AbWI0UQv (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:16:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030753AbWI0UQv (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:16:51 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:24481 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030754AbWI0UQt (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:16:49 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:08:33 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: john stultz Cc: Roman Zippel , lkml , Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [RFC] exponential update_wall_time Message-ID: <20060927200832.GB20282@elte.hu> References: <1159385734.29040.9.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1159385734.29040.9.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.9 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.9 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts 0.5 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60% [score: 0.5000] -0.1 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 668 Lines: 21 * john stultz wrote: > Accumulate time in update_wall_time exponentially. This avoids long > running loops seen with the dynticks patch as well as the problematic > hang" seen on systems with broken clocksources. > > This applies on top of 2.6.18-mm1 > > Signed-off-by: John Stultz Acked-by: Ingo Molnar works fine and is included in 2.6.18-rt too. Ingo - 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/