[netperf-talk] CPU utilization & tickless kernels?

Rick Jones rick.jones2 at hp.com
Mon Dec 10 09:37:59 PST 2012


On 12/10/2012 08:11 AM, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> At any rate, this looks like a core linux kernel issue on this hardware.
> I guess I'll try the latest 3.7 rc at some point.  But given that the
> "summary" and individual counters are apparently both wrong, it does
> not seem like this is a netperf issue in any way.  So, sorry for
> the noise..

It is only noise if it isn't useful information, and knowing that there 
are issues with CPU accounting under Linux in a tickless kernel is worth 
knowing among those running netperf.

rick



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