On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 09:40 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > The system time that is accounted to a process includes the time spent
> > in three different contexts: normal system time, hardirq time and
> > softirq time.
>
> Is that true (at the moment) with CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING=y? I
> thought it wasn't.
CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING improves the precision of the numbers that
get accounted with account_[user,system,steal]_time. Which bucket the
time goes into is decided in the three functions.
--
blue skies,
Martin.
Martin Schwidefsky
Linux for zSeries Development & Services
IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH
"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.
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