The calculated next wakeup time is already in the past, if the latency is longer than the interval. Thereby latency is detected that does not correspond to latency caused by the system but by cyclictest itself. Force forward the next wakeup time past now. Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxx> --- src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) Index: rt-tests/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c =================================================================== --- rt-tests.orig/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c +++ rt-tests/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c @@ -369,6 +369,12 @@ static inline void tsnorm(struct timespe } } +static inline int tsgreater(struct timespec *a, struct timespec *b) +{ + return ((a->tv_sec > b->tv_sec) || + (a->tv_sec == b->tv_sec && a->tv_nsec > b->tv_nsec)); +} + static inline int64_t calcdiff(struct timespec t1, struct timespec t2) { int64_t diff; @@ -949,6 +955,12 @@ void *timerthread(void *param) } tsnorm(&next); + while (tsgreater(&now, &next)) { + next.tv_sec += interval.tv_sec; + next.tv_nsec += interval.tv_nsec; + tsnorm(&next); + } + if (par->max_cycles && par->max_cycles == stat->cycles) break; } -- 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