Re: [patch] dubious process system time.

[Andi Kleen]

> At the moment hardirq+softirq is just added to a random process, in
> general this is completely wrong. 

It's better than not accounting it at all.

> You just need a system with a cpu hog 
> and an i/o bound process and you get queer results.

Yes, but system load that is invisible to standard monitoring
tools is even worse.

If you stop accounting it to random processes you have to 
account it somewhere else. Preferably somewhere that standard tools
automatically pick up.

-Andi
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