Re: [BUG] jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3

[Frans Pop]

Stefano Brivio wrote:
> It looks like the jiffies counter sometimes jumps back and forth of some
> hundreds seconds in 2.6.24-rc3. I observed that this happens when I use
> the su(1) command, e.g.:

Can you please explain what exactly the problem is here?

Are you perhaps referring to the number between square brackets for the su
log lines? In that case there is no problem as in that case the number is
not jiffies, but the process ID (PID) of the su process...

Cheers,
FJP
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