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. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker --- kernel/timer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.22/kernel/timer.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22.orig/kernel/timer.c +++ linux-2.6.22/kernel/timer.c @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ void run_local_timers(void) */ static inline void update_times(void) { - static unsigned long last_tick; + static unsigned long last_tick = INITIAL_JIFFIES; unsigned long ticks, flags; /* -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/