Re: [uml-devel] [2.6.24.x] UML select()/poll() oversleeping reproducibly

2008-03-18 Thread Nix
On 18 Mar 2008, Jeff Dike outgrape: > Below is another patch. > > I was hurt and disappointed by your >> Eew. :) > so I got rid of the 9/10 thing. Yay! That's much less dependent on the exact nature of whatever the underlying bug is :) a random 9/10, well, it just makes my skin itch even if i

Re: [uml-devel] [2.6.24.x] UML select()/poll() oversleeping reproducibly

2008-03-18 Thread Jeff Dike
Below is another patch. I was hurt and disappointed by your > Eew. :) so I got rid of the 9/10 thing. This version keeps track of the time between ticks (as reported by the host's gettimeofday) and adjusts its sleeping and reporting ticks accordingly. It's still undersleeping a little - your

Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH] uml compile fixes

2008-03-18 Thread Jeff Dike
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 04:38:00PM +0100, Alexander van Heukelum wrote: > Please review/comment (or create a better patch for this yourself!). Yeah, this needs fixing, but I think we need a different fix. Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com --