[procps] Re: C-States handling - new switch?

  • From: Jim Warner <james.warner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: procps@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:12:42 -0600

On Feb 9, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Craig Small wrote:
> The problem is that top sees 500 user ticks out of 2000 user ticks in
> the first instance and 500 user ticks out of 1000 user ticks in the
> second.
> 
> Is that the problem here?
> 
> It sounds like Jaromir needs the kernel to have a "CPU bludging because
> its running slower" tick.
> 
> If so, is there something in the kernel to see this?

Craig,

I'm pretty sure those weren't top results, but some other tool.

I believe the tics top sees will always remain the same, regardless of the 
cpu's frequency.

Jim


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