linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scheduler: fix x86 regression in native_sched

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Date:	Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:24:26 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
Cc:	Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@...imi.it>,
	Robert Love <rml@...h9.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scheduler: fix x86 regression in native_sched_clock


* Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au> wrote:

> My patch should fix the worst cpufreq sched_clock jumping issue I 
> think.

but it degrades the precision of sched_clock() and has other problems as 
well. cpu_clock() is the right interface to use for such things.

	Ingo
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