linux-kernel - Re: Few interrupts with NO

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Date:	Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:35:30 -0400
From:	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Few interrupts with NO_HZ

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Aug 6 2007 09:47, Chris Snook wrote:
>>> this more of an informational question. So:
>>> kernel version is 2.6.22.1 on i686
>>> /proc/uptime 9917.81 9140.90 (2h45m)
>>> /proc/cpuinfo:
>>>            CPU0
>>>   0:        282   IO-APIC-edge      timer
>>>
>>> this is kinda neat, I expected much more interrupts than just 282
>>> since boot. What kernel code actually uses the irq0 timer?
>> If you don't have an HPET (and most single-processor systems do not)
> 
> This is an AMD Athlon with 'Thoroughbred' core; it does not seem to
> have C-states at all (or: exactly one). It clearly is not idle all the
> time, sometimes I run povray. (And 282 has not changed since the
> morning.)
> 
> 
> 	Jan

In that case, it's probably the early bootstrap code that runs before the TSC is 
calibrated.  PIT sucks, but it sucks very reliably, so it's a good basis for 
calibrating the other timekeeping devices.  Once you have something better set 
up, you don't need it anymore if you're not doing C-state transitions.

	-- Chris
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