Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755833AbXKXSJ4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:09:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753366AbXKXSJt (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:09:49 -0500 Received: from mfe1.polimi.it ([131.175.12.23]:56645 "EHLO polimi.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752841AbXKXSJs (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:09:48 -0500 Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:09:15 +0100 From: Stefano Brivio To: Frans Pop Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mb@bu3sch.de, mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: [BUG] jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3 Message-ID: <20071124190915.4c1a8be4@morte> In-Reply-To: References: <20071124175112.58193424@morte> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.311128, Antispam-Data: 2007.11.6.30824 X-PerlMx-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='BODY_SIZE_600_699 0, RDNS_GENERIC_POOLED 0, RDNS_SUSP 0, RDNS_SUSP_GENERIC 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 910 Lines: 26 On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:56:57 +0100 Frans Pop wrote: > Stefano Brivio wrote: > > It looks like the jiffies counter sometimes jumps back and forth of some > > hundreds seconds in 2.6.24-rc3. I observed that this happens when I use > > the su(1) command, e.g.: > > Can you please explain what exactly the problem is here? > > Are you perhaps referring to the number between square brackets for the su > log lines? In that case there is no problem as in that case the number is > not jiffies, but the process ID (PID) of the su process... Sorry guy but I'm not _that_ idiot. Please notice jiffies values before and after that. -- Ciao Stefano - 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/