linux-kernel - Re: Athlon64x2 problem with 2.6.18-rt4 and hrtimers

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Message-Id: <1159397459.1275.55.camel@mindpipe>
Date:	Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:50:59 -0400
From:	Lee Revell <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Athlon64x2 problem with 2.6.18-rt4 and hrtimers

On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 23:59 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Can you please switch on CONFIG_LATENCY_TRACE (depends on
> CONFIG_LATENCY_TIMING) ?
> 
> Use the latest version of cyclictest and add -b XXX to the command
> line,
> where XXX is the maximum latency in micro seconds. Once the latency is
> greater than the given maximum, the kernel tracer and cyclictest is
> stopped.
> 
> Now you can read the kernel trace:
> 
> cat /proc/latency_trace >trace.log 
> 
> The trace should give us more insight. 

I thought latency tracing did not work on Athlon X2 due to the unsynced
TSCs problem?

Lee

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