linux-kernel - Re: Keyboard Stuttering

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Date:	Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:25:14 -0700
From:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Frank Sorenson <frank@...rocks.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Gerber <dg-lkml@...ek.com>
Subject: Re: Keyboard Stuttering

On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 13:09 -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On 10/6/06, David Gerber <dg-lkml@...ek.com> wrote:
> > > I'm experiencing some severe keyboard stuttering on my laptop.  The
> > > problem is particularly bad in X, and I believe it also occurs at the
> > > console, though I'm having a difficult time verifying that.  The problem
> > > shows up as repeated characters (not regular key-repeat-related), and
> > > sometimes dropped key presses.
> >
> > (I'm not subscribed to the list, CC: to me if needed)
> >
> > Same problem here. Intel Core 2 Duo with 2.6.19-rc1 x86_64 SMP. Happens on
> > 2.6.17 too. I use 'noapic' as a workaround but that disables one of the CPU
> > core of course.
> >
> > I cannot reproduce the problem within the console nor gdm. Only on the X
> > desktop.
> >
> 
> John,
> 
> It looks like the only clocksource available on David's box is
> "jiffies" although the processor shows that it supporst tsc and PM
> timer is enabled and I think that this is what causes keyboard
> stuttering in X. See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7291.
> I believe clocksources is your turf, could you please take a look at
> this.

Sure thing. I followed up in the bug, but I don't think the clocksource
code is involved. x86_64 hasn't converted to GENERIC_TIME, so jiffies is
what we use to increment xtime, but the TSC, ACPI PM, or HPET is used
for gettimeofday, etc. 

I suspect C3 idling is the culprit, since noapic works around the issue.

thanks
-john

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