Avi, the below fixes it for me..
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Subject: sched_clock: fix NOHZ interaction
From: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon Sep 01 16:44:23 CEST 2008
If HLT stops the TSC, we'll fail to account idle time, thereby inflating the
actual process times. Fix this by re-calibrating the clock against GTOD when
leaving nohz mode.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu)
ts->idle_lastupdate = now;
ts->idle_sleeptime = ktime_add(ts->idle_sleeptime, delta);
ts->idle_active = 0;
+
+ sched_clock_idle_wakeup_event(0);
}
}
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_start_idle(stru
}
ts->idle_entrytime = now;
ts->idle_active = 1;
+ sched_clock_idle_sleep_event();
return now;
}
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