linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] exponential update_wall

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Message-ID: <20060927200832.GB20282@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:08:33 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] exponential update_wall_time


* john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com> wrote:

> Accumulate time in update_wall_time exponentially. This avoids long 
> running loops seen with the dynticks patch as well as the problematic 
> hang" seen on systems with broken clocksources.
> 
> This applies on top of 2.6.18-mm1
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

works fine and is included in 2.6.18-rt too.

	Ingo
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