linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3

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Message-Id: <200711242031.26134.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:31:25 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@...imi.it>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Subject: Re: [BUG] jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3

On Saturday, 24 of November 2007, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:48:58 +0100
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> 
> > NO_HZ?  Highres timers?
> 
> CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
> # CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is not set
>  
> > I understand that the previous kernels behave correctly.  All of them?
> 
> 2.6.21 behaved correctly. Sorry but git-bisect would take a lot of time (I
> can't reliably reproduce the jiffies jump), so I would avoid that if not
> strictly needed.

Well, it would be good to know if 2.6.23 behaves correctly, at least.

Thanks,
Rafael
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