On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 21:41 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Christian Borntraeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > - return clock_t_to_cputime(utime); > > > + p->prev_utime = max(p->prev_utime, clock_t_to_cputime(utime)); > > > + return p->prev_utime; > > > } > > [...] > > > > I dont think it will work. It will make utime monotic, but stime can > > still decrease. For example let sum_exec_runtime increase by a tiny > > little bit while utime will get a full additional tick. stime is > > sum-utime. So stime can still go backwards. So I think that we need > > this kind of logic for stime as well, no? > > yeah, probably. Peter?
/me dons the brown paper bag while mumbling an agreement of sorts. I'll not attempt to come up with a patch as I fear I'll just make a bigger mess in my current state, hope to feel better tomorrow.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
