All,
Here is the next rev of my lost-tick compensation code, which handles
the case where interrupts are disabled for longer then two ticks. This
patch solves the problem by checking when an interrupt occurs if
timer->get_offset() is a value greater then 2 ticks. If so, it
increments jiffies appropriately.
New in this version:
o detect_lost_tick() is now static inlined
o printk warning messages the first 5 occurrences
o also show_trace() when displaying warning.
I'd really like it if folks seeing the problem would take this for a
spin and let me know if it works for them. Also, any comments or
suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks
-john
diff -Nru a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c b/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/time.c Sat Jan 25 12:06:50 2003
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/time.c Sat Jan 25 12:06:50 2003
@@ -265,6 +265,34 @@
#endif
}
+
+/* Lost tick detection and compensation */
+static inline void detect_lost_tick(void)
+{
+ /* read time since last interrupt */
+ unsigned long delta = timer->get_offset();
+ static unsigned long dbg_print;
+
+ /* check if delta is greater then two ticks */
+ if(delta >= 2*(1000000/HZ)){
+
+ /* only print debug info first 5 times */
+ if(dbg_print < 5){
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "\nWarning! Detected %lu micro-second"
+ " gap between interrupts.\n",delta);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING " Compensating for %lu lost ticks.\n",
+ delta/(1000000/HZ)-1);
+ /* dump trace info */
+ show_trace(NULL);
+ dbg_print++;
+ }
+ /* calculate number of missed ticks */
+ delta = delta/(1000000/HZ)-1;
+ jiffies += delta;
+ }
+
+}
+
/*
* This is the same as the above, except we _also_ save the current
* Time Stamp Counter value at the time of the timer interrupt, so that
@@ -281,6 +309,7 @@
*/
write_lock(&xtime_lock);
+ detect_lost_tick();
timer->mark_offset();
do_timer_interrupt(irq, NULL, regs);
-
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