Re: [PATCH] i386 No-Idle-Hz aka Dynamic-Ticks 3

[Daniel Petrini]

> I convinced my self that the next_timer... code in timer.c misses timers
> (i.e. gives the wrong answer).  I did this (after wondering due to
> performance) by scanning the whole timer list after I had the
> next_timer... answer and finding a better answer, not always, but some
> times.  That code does not address the cascade list correctly.

The timertop kernel patch accounts for all the scheduled timers. Try
to take a look at its output at /proc/top_info. Maybe it can help to
detect it.


Daniel Petrini
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