linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -rt 3/9] Fix jiffies wrap issue in update

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Message-ID: <20070730092514.GC25640@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:25:14 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -rt 3/9] Fix jiffies wrap issue in update_times


* Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> wrote:

> In prior -rt verisons the last_tick value was called wall_jiffies and 
> was initialized in this same way as below. If this value isn't 
> initialized the calc_load function gets skewed for several minutes 
> right after boot up. Skewed meaning always zero.

thanks, applied.

	Ingo
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