Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755413AbXLGLZg (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 06:25:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754843AbXLGLZT (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 06:25:19 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:59190 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754785AbXLGLZS (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 06:25:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:24:26 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Nick Piggin Cc: Stefano Brivio , Robert Love , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Jones , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Michael Buesch , Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH] scheduler: fix x86 regression in native_sched_clock Message-ID: <20071207112426.GB11035@elte.hu> References: <20071207021952.6f0ac922@morte> <20071207084559.GA11162@elte.hu> <200712072213.06530.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200712072213.06530.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 519 Lines: 15 * Nick Piggin wrote: > My patch should fix the worst cpufreq sched_clock jumping issue I > think. but it degrades the precision of sched_clock() and has other problems as well. cpu_clock() is the right interface to use for such things. 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/