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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:28:45 -0700
From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Bill Huey <billh@...ppy.monkey.org>,
Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] lockstat: core infrastructure
On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 14:52 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> + now = sched_clock();
> + waittime = now - hlock->waittime_stamp;
> +
It looks like your using sched_clock() through out .. It's a little
troubling considering the constraints on the function .. Most
architecture implement a jiffies sched_clock() w/ 1 millisecond or worse
resolution.. I'd imagine a millisecond hold time is pretty rare, even a
millisecond wait time might be fairly rare too .. There's also no
guarantee that sched_clock timestamps off two different cpu's can be
compared (or at least that's my understanding) ..
Daniel
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