linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: high load average when idle

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Date:	Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:22:47 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Anders Bostr?m <anders@...trom.dyndns.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: high load average when idle

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:46:18 -0400
> 
> On a related note, {set/get}itimer() currently are buggy (since
> 2.6.11 or so), also due to this round_jiffies() thing I believe.

I very much believe that it is totally unrelated... most of all since
round_jiffies() wasn't in the kernel then an also isn't used anywhere
near these timers.
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