>
> > > > 0.00user 0.00system 0.08 (0m0.081s) elapsed 3.71%CPU
> > > > 0.00user 0.00system 0.01 (0m0.013s) elapsed 23.33%CPU
> > > > 0.00user 0.00system 0.01 (0m0.019s) elapsed 15.92%CPU
> > > >
> > > > nohz=off helps a lot. while true; do time sleep 0.0; done does not
> > > > have unexpected latencies.
> > >
> > > does hpet=disable on the boot line also help? (without nohz=off)
> >
> > hpet-disable helps.. a bit. 200msec latencies are gone. (What is used
> > for wakeups in this case?)
> >
> > pavel@amd:~$ while true; do time sleep 0.01; done
> > 0.00user 0.00system 0.01 (0m0.013s) elapsed 22.96%CPU
> > 0.00user 0.00system 0.01 (0m0.018s) elapsed 11.05%CPU
> > 0.00user 0.00system 0.01 (0m0.013s) elapsed 15.54%CPU
>
> could you run this while doing the sleep test:
>
>
http://people.redhat.com/mingo/cfs-scheduler/tools/cfs-debug-info.sh
>
> and send us the output? (Enabling CONFIG_TIMER_STATS, CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
> and CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS would maximize the amount of information.)
