linux-kernel - Re: SD scheduler testing hitch

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Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2007 02:23:32 +0200
From:	"Dmitry Adamushko" <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>
To:	"Mike Galbraith" <efault@....de>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SD scheduler testing hitch

> [...]
> Well, it's a late hour, so maybe I'm missing something... but it does
> look to be HZ and "will run" time interval related issue. Like
> described in (*). Or maybe we both observe similar situations but have
> different reasons behind them.

I meant that account_user_time() is also called from timer_ISR ->
update_process_times() like scheduler_tick(). So if task's running
intervals are shorter than 1/HZ, it's not always accounted --> so cpu%
may be wrong for such a task...


-- 
Best regards,
Dmitry Adamushko
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