linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH x86] [1/16] Make clocksource watchdog cycle through online CPUs

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Message-ID: <20080104085124.GA28740@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:51:24 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH x86] [1/16] Make clocksource watchdog cycle through
	online CPUs


* Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:

> This way it checks if the clocks are synchronized between CPUs too. 
> This might be able to detect slowly drifting TSCs which only go wrong 
> over longer time.

ok, makes sense - applied. Have you seen this trigger in practice?

	Ingo
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