Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934212AbYCSXrU (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:47:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934894AbYCSWOj (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:14:39 -0400 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:51297 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753308AbYCSWOh (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:14:37 -0400 To: Jeff Dike Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel Mailing List , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [2.6.24.x] UML select()/poll() oversleeping reproducibly References: <47B34BA0.30006@club-internet.fr> <20080214003853.GA15952@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <47B4BDCD.4080605@club-internet.fr> <20080215160205.GA6082@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <47B5CE40.9000005@club-internet.fr> <20080215184650.GA8810@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <87y78kx640.fsf_-_@hades.wkstn.nix> <20080317193415.GA12234@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <87k5k112kf.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <20080318170019.GA8747@c2.user-mode-linux.org> From: Nix Emacs: ... it's not just a way of life, it's a text editor! Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:14:14 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20080318170019.GA8747@c2.user-mode-linux.org> (Jeff Dike's message of "Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:00:19 -0400") Message-ID: <87od9apdjd.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) XEmacs/21.5-b28 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-DCC-INFN-TO-Metrics: hades 1233; Body=4 Fuz1=4 Fuz2=4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 793 Lines: 19 On 18 Mar 2008, Jeff Dike told this: > This version keeps track of the time between ticks (as reported by the > host's gettimeofday) and adjusts its sleeping and reporting ticks > accordingly. I can confirm that, as expected, this patch works well enough that timing problems don't break dhclient anymore (which requires a 2x oversleep, which you're a long way from now). At last I can upgrade my firewall :) -- `The rest is a tale of post and counter-post.' --- Ian Rawlings describes USENET -- 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/