[PATCH 3/3] UML - An idle system should have zero load average

[Jeff Dike]

The ever-vigilant users of linode.com noticed that an idle 2.6 UML has
a persistent load average of ~.4.

It turns out that because the UML timer handler processed softirqs
before actually delivering the tick, the tick was counted in the
context of the idle thread about half the time.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--
 arch/um/kernel/time.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/kernel/time.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/arch/um/kernel/time.c	2007-05-04 12:40:52.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/kernel/time.c	2007-05-04 13:13:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ int do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
 
 void timer_handler(int sig, union uml_pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	if(current_thread->cpu == 0)
+		timer_irq(regs);
 	local_irq_disable();
 	irq_enter();
 	update_process_times(CHOOSE_MODE(
@@ -184,6 +186,4 @@ void timer_handler(int sig, union uml_pt
 			     (regs)->skas.is_user));
 	irq_exit();
 	local_irq_enable();
-	if(current_thread->cpu == 0)
-		timer_irq(regs);
 }
-
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