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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:54:25 +0300 (MSK) From: malc <av1474@...tv.ru> To: Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org> cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: CPU load On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: > On 12/02/07, Vassili Karpov <av1474@...tv.ru> wrote: [..snip..] > The kernel looks at what is using cpu _only_ during the timer > interrupt. Which means if your HZ is 1000 it looks at what is running > at precisely the moment those 1000 timer ticks occur. It is > theoretically possible using this measurement system to use >99% cpu > and record 0 usage if you time your cpu usage properly. It gets even > more inaccurate at lower HZ values for the same reason. Thank you very much. This somewhat contradicts what i saw (and outlined in usnet article), namely the mplayer+/dev/rtc case. Unless ofcourse /dev/rtc interrupt is considered to be the same as the interrupt from PIT (on X86 that is) P.S. Perhaps it worth documenting this in the documentation? I caused me, and perhaps quite a few other people, a great deal of pain and frustration. -- vale - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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