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Message-ID: <20071124190915.4c1a8be4@morte> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:09:15 +0100 From: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@...imi.it> To: Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mb@...sch.de, mingo@...e.hu Subject: Re: [BUG] jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3 On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:56:57 +0100 Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> wrote: > Stefano Brivio wrote: > > It looks like the jiffies counter sometimes jumps back and forth of some > > hundreds seconds in 2.6.24-rc3. I observed that this happens when I use > > the su(1) command, e.g.: > > Can you please explain what exactly the problem is here? > > Are you perhaps referring to the number between square brackets for the su > log lines? In that case there is no problem as in that case the number is > not jiffies, but the process ID (PID) of the su process... Sorry guy but I'm not _that_ idiot. Please notice jiffies values before and after that. -- Ciao Stefano - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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