On 15.04.2013 13:02, Stanislav Meduna wrote: > Apr 15 10:14:57 lnx kernel: [56281.700293] hrtimer: interrupt took 6742 ns The /proc/timer_list follows. What worries me a bit are the retries - they are slowly rising (~1 / sec for nr_retries) even if the machine is basically idle. Is it normal? The rise only happens if our application is running, but it is basically the only thing in system that is actively using the hrtimers, so this does not really say much. Tweaking the priority of ksoftirqd has no effect. Timer List Version: v0.6 HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: 3 now at 342575389945882 nsecs cpu: 0 clock 0: .base: c04d7f68 .index: 0 .resolution: 1 nsecs .get_time: ktime_get .offset: 0 nsecs active timers: #0: tick_cpu_sched, tick_sched_timer, S:01 # expires at 342575390000000-342575390000000 nsecs [in 54118 to 54118 nsecs] #1: <cd9bb680>, timerfd_tmrproc, S:01 # expires at 342575390284003-342575390284003 nsecs [in 338121 to 338121 nsecs] #2: <cc6cff48>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01 # expires at 342575390421978-342575390421978 nsecs [in 476096 to 476096 nsecs] ... 16 more hrtimer_wakeup follow ... clock 1: .base: c04d7fa0 .index: 1 .resolution: 1 nsecs .get_time: ktime_get_real .offset: 1365682957275692841 nsecs active timers: clock 2: .base: c04d7fd8 .index: 2 .resolution: 1 nsecs .get_time: ktime_get_boottime .offset: 0 nsecs active timers: .expires_next : 342575390284003 nsecs .hres_active : 1 .nr_events : 556415337 .nr_retries : 1124752 .nr_hangs : 1 .max_hang_time : 6742 nsecs .nohz_mode : 2 .idle_tick : 342575389000000 nsecs .tick_stopped : 0 .idle_jiffies : 342275388 .idle_calls : 514502119 .idle_sleeps : 510841382 .idle_entrytime : 342575388177611 nsecs .idle_waketime : 342575388177611 nsecs .idle_exittime : 342575388184375 nsecs .idle_sleeptime : 301580528758450 nsecs .iowait_sleeptime: 21756268924 nsecs .last_jiffies : 342275388 .next_jiffies : 342275421 .idle_expires : 342575421000000 nsecs jiffies: 342275390 Tick Device: mode: 1 Per CPU device: 0 Clock Event Device: hpet max_delta_ns: 149983013276 min_delta_ns: 13409 mult: 61496111 shift: 32 mode: 3 next_event: 342575390284003 nsecs set_next_event: hpet_legacy_next_event set_mode: hpet_legacy_set_mode event_handler: hrtimer_interrupt retries: 9359 Regards -- Stano -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html