Following up on one of the earlier mails containing a patch from Brian Rogers Patch Details: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52089149/0001-Apply-patch-from-http-lkml.org-lkml-2010-7-8-122.patch
OK, in 2.6.35, linux-source, on line 328 in /kernel/time/tick-sched.c, this is what I see: if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) || <328> arch_needs_cpu(cpu)) { next_jiffies = last_jiffies + 1; delta_jiffies = 1; whereas in 2.6.36 linux-source, I see this: if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) || <328> arch_needs_cpu(cpu)) { next_jiffies = last_jiffies + 1; delta_jiffies = 1; OK. so this does not help. -:( Still sharing the results of my findings. -- Tens of wakes per second in "[kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick" on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp