On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:44:20 +0300 (EEST) "Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ...I guess it would be possible to remove SCHED_FEAT_HRTICK from > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_features then while keeping the hrtimers > otherwise enabled to test this. > > It's possible that hrtimers just affect on how easy it is to trigger > but at least it seems an useful lead until proven otherwise. Well, I have a new suspect now: ntpd. It seems that when ntpd syncs the clock, the problem happens (just a guess): Sep 11 13:55:31 tux ntpd[2652]: synchronized to 143.107.255.15, stratum 2 Sep 11 13:55:31 tux ntpd[2652]: kernel time sync enabled 0001 I disabled ntpd (and I'll just sync the clock with ntpdate just one time at the boot) and see what happens. I think the problem could be related to this, since "sudo" is affected too and as far as I know, sudo is very sensible to timer. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html