Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752324AbXBFXOf (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:14:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752326AbXBFXOf (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:14:35 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:49522 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752322AbXBFXOf (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:14:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:14:21 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Daniel Walker Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3 Message-ID: <20070206231421.GA18654@elte.hu> References: <20070206205231.GA25430@elte.hu> <1170795378.3455.31.camel@dwalker1> <20070206210959.GC25430@elte.hu> <1170796999.3455.43.camel@dwalker1> <20070206214131.GA1176@elte.hu> <1170798879.3455.58.camel@dwalker1> <20070206220855.GB5109@elte.hu> <1170801742.3455.87.camel@dwalker1> <20070206225650.GA14853@elte.hu> <1170803070.3455.93.camel@dwalker1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1170803070.3455.93.camel@dwalker1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.3 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.3 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_50 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts 1.0 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60% [score: 0.4805] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1183 Lines: 30 * Daniel Walker wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 23:56 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > changing the current 'timer' entry (which is line 2 of /proc/interrupts) > > to be 'listed as lapic-timer' and to 'replace it with the count from > > LOC' is faking a count in a line where nothing like that should be. > > This point is getting irrelevant .. it is very much relevant: faking a count is something we /dont/ want to do with /proc/interrupts, for (very) basic compatibility, simplicity and policy reasons. And that is precisely what your suggestion was to 'solve' this supposed 'problem' - so it's very much relevant. > > the kernel simply displays reality: IRQ#0 isnt increasing because > > it's not used, and LOC (local apic timers) is increasing. > > What about the statistics for the other interrupts in the system ? It > clearly doesn't list all interrupts in the system . what is your point? 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/