[PATCH v3 1/2] timer/linux: lower rounding of tsc estimation to 100KHz

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Oct 1 17:18:04 CEST 2024


On Tue,  1 Oct 2024 03:22:50 +0300
Isaac Boukris <iboukris at gmail.com> wrote:

> In practice, the estimation result is just a couple of KHz
> away from the kernel's tsc_khz value, so it should suffice.
> 
> Rounding to 10MHz can cause a significant drift from real time,
> up to a second per 10 minutes.
> 
> See also bugzilla: 959
> 
> Signed-off-by: Isaac Boukris <iboukris at gmail.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>


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