Hi Greg, Thanks for your response. > How did you measure the 2500 microsecond interval? I calculated the number of timers expired per minute and calculated it to be 2500 microsecond > Also in kernels prior to 2.6.21 (where you can see the > CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS kernel config option), you could have some > conditions depending on system age (clock) and load or scheduler issues, > where you see these deviations. If you switch to 2.6.21, you should get > proper high resolution timing and if you combine that with modern (last > 3 years) hardware, you should really be able to schedule accurately down > to microsec resolution. This issue was seen just once and when I reboot the system , timers were expiring as expected . Just a wild guess , can this be related to signal handling rather than timer expiry ? Thanks Ankit =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list