Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762527AbYBLTXg (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:23:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750732AbYBLTXO (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:23:14 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:40913 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750772AbYBLTXN (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:23:13 -0500 Message-ID: <47B1F218.3090407@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:23:04 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Piel CC: "Carlos R. Mafra" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.25-rc1] Strange regression with CONFIG_HZ_300=y References: <47B0509E.1040100@gmail.com> <47B15834.6010704@tudelft.nl> In-Reply-To: <47B15834.6010704@tudelft.nl> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080807000300020205030901" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1501 Lines: 49 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080807000300020205030901 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Eric Piel wrote: >> >> The laptop is a Vaio VGN-FZ240E, core 2 duo T7250 @ 2.0 GHz and the >> kernel is x86_64. > > Hi, it's great you found out the culprit commit because I was really > wondering where this bug was coming from... > As a data point, my machine has a core 2 duo @ 1.2GHz and x86_64 arch. > Do you also have the tickless option activated? (it could play a role) > I believe this patch should fix the problem. Can you please verify? Thanks, -hpa --------------080807000300020205030901 Content-Type: text/plain; name="diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="diff" diff --git a/kernel/timeconst.pl b/kernel/timeconst.pl index 62b1287..4146803 100644 --- a/kernel/timeconst.pl +++ b/kernel/timeconst.pl @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ sub output($@) print "\n"; foreach $pfx ('HZ_TO_MSEC','MSEC_TO_HZ', - 'USEC_TO_HZ','HZ_TO_USEC') { + 'HZ_TO_USEC','USEC_TO_HZ') { foreach $bit (32, 64) { foreach $suf ('MUL', 'ADJ', 'SHR') { printf "#define %-23s %s\n", --------------080807000300020205030901-- -- 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/