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From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: linux list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, malc <av1474@comtv.ru>,
	zwane@infradead.org, ck list <ck@vds.kolivas.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [patch] sched: accurate user accounting
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:39:23 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703251839.24148.kernel@kolivas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070325075134.GA14453@elte.hu>

On Sunday 25 March 2007 17:51, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> wrote:
> > For an rsdl 0.33 patched kernel. Comments? Overhead worth it?
>
> we want to do this - and we should do this to the vanilla scheduler
> first and check the results. I've back-merged the patch to before RSDL
> and have tested it - find the patch below. Vale, could you try this
> patch against a 2.6.21-rc4-ish kernel and re-test your testcase?

Great. That should fix a lot of misconceptions about cpu usage and HZ.

However-

> +/*
> + * Some helpers for converting nanosecond timing to jiffy resolution
> + */
> +#define NS_TO_JIFFIES(TIME)   ((TIME) / (1000000000 / HZ))
> +#define JIFFIES_TO_NS(TIME)   ((TIME) * (1000000000 / HZ))
> +

This hunk is already in mainline so it will be double defined now.

Thanks.

-- 
-ck

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-25  8:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-25  1:59 [PATCH] [RFC] " Con Kolivas
2007-03-25  2:14 ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-25  7:51 ` [patch] " Ingo Molnar
2007-03-25  8:39   ` Con Kolivas [this message]
2007-03-25  9:04     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-03-25 11:34   ` malc
2007-03-25 11:46     ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-25 12:02       ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-25 12:32         ` Gene Heskett
2007-03-25 12:41           ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-25 13:33             ` Gene Heskett
2007-03-25 13:05         ` malc
2007-03-25 13:06         ` malc
2007-03-25 14:15           ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-25 14:57             ` malc
2007-03-25 15:08               ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-25 15:19                 ` malc
2007-03-25 15:28                   ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-25 17:14                     ` malc
2007-03-25 23:01                       ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-25 23:57                         ` Con Kolivas
2007-03-26 10:49                           ` malc
2007-03-28 11:37                             ` Ingo Molnar
2007-06-14 17:56                               ` Vassili Karpov
2007-06-14 20:42                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-06-14 20:56                                   ` malc
2007-06-14 21:18                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2007-06-14 21:37                                       ` malc
2007-06-15  3:44                                         ` Balbir Singh
2007-06-15  6:07                                           ` malc
2007-06-16 13:21                                             ` Balbir Singh
2007-06-16 14:07                                               ` malc
2007-06-16 18:40                                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-06-16 20:31                                                   ` malc
2007-03-26  5:11 Al Boldi
2007-03-26  5:27 ` Mike Galbraith
2007-03-26  8:45 ` Con Kolivas

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