Re: [PATCH] cpuacct: VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING don't prevent percpucputime count

[Balbir Singh]

* Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2009-04-29 08:51:46]:

> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 03:38:54AM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote:
> > * KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2009-04-28 15:53:32]:
> > > 
> > >  	do {
> > > -		percpu_counter_add(&ca->cpustat[idx], val);
> > > +		__percpu_counter_add(&ca->cpustat[idx], val, cpuacct_batch);
> > 
> > This will make the end result very off the real value due to large
> > batch value per cpu. If we are going to go this route, we should
> > probably consider using __percpu_counter_sum so that the batch value
> > does not show data that is way off.
> 
> But __percpu_counter_sum takes fbc->lock spinlock and that is the cause of
> the problem Kosaki mentions I believe.

But this is on the user space read side (show stats), I thought
Kosaki's problem was with per_cpu_counter_add called from update
stats.

-- 
	Balbir
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