On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:27:10 EDT, Chuck Ebbert said: > On 08/29/2007 07:15 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > >>> The issue: vdso and gettimeofday seem to be having a quarrel. > >> This is also open as a Fedora bug: > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=262481 > >> > > > > So it's an interaction between the x86_64 vdso patches in Andi's tree and > > newer glibc, and we don't know which one is getting it wrong yet? > > > > If I ever get another -mm out the door (have been without electricity for > > several days) I'll drop the vdso changes until this is sorted out. > > - > > Problem is present in stock 2.6.23-rc too. Still don't know whether it is > the new glibc code or the vdso that's causing it, though.
Updating on this issue: Both myself and another person have reported on the RedHat bugzilla that it's a clocksource issue - if you are using the hpet clocksource, the time warps, but booting with clocksource=acpi_pm works. This ring any bells?
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