DragonFly-2.3.0.864.gc5b83 master sys/platform/pc32/apic mpapic.c sys/platform/pc32/isa clock.c sys/platform/pc64/isa clock.c sys/platform/vkernel/platform systimer.c sys/sys systimer.h
Sepherosa Ziehau
sepherosa at gmail.com
Tue May 5 05:40:51 PDT 2009
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Hasso Tepper <hasso at estpak.ee> wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
>> 450 interrupts/sec sounds ok for an idle system. I'd expect a
>> higher number, actually.
>
> Yes, but ...
>
>> I wonder if the load calculations are being messed up by the C3
>> state. The code path for the per-cpu hardclock interrupt has
>> always been fairly sensitive. With the 8254 it was being driven by
>> IPIs. Now it is being driven by an actual interrupt so there might be
>> an issue with how it distinguishes the system state when accounting for
>> the clock tick.
>
> It seems to be a real load though - applications lag etc.
>
> And one more thing. With sephe's change it's even worse _without_ lapic.
> The interrupt load is still there and the rate of clock interrupts
> doubles to ~800.
My git repo on leaf, lapic_timer branch, see whether it helps.
Best Regards,
sephe
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