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

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 06:57:43PM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:

 > > adjust_jiffies() always gets called on a speed transition. I'm wondering
 > > if perhaps we shouldn't do that if we're using something other than
 > > the tsc for timekeeping.
 > 
 > I gave other clocksources a try:
 > 
 > morte st3 # cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource
 > acpi_pm pit jiffies tsc
 > 
 > Setting tsc as current clocksource:
 > morte st3 # echo tsc > /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
 > [13367.729060] Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
 > didn't fix anything. Other weirdness here: it looks like it affects my
 > typematic delay and repeat rate.

*grumble*
 
 > Setting jiffies or pit as current clocksource didn't fix anything, but at
 > least it doesn't cause anything bad.
 > 
 > Do you want me to comment out adjust_jiffies() and see what happens?
 
Just for laughs, why not.

	Dave

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