Re: time function behaving strane

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 11:19 -0800, john stultz wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 09:45 +0530, Conio sandiago wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > i am using time function in my application.
> > When i call the try function in a loop of say 1 lac iterations then i
> > m facing strange behaviour.
> > 
> > What i am doing is that i am making a call twice to time function
> > inside every iteration and i compare the time of both the calls.
> > But sometimes the time obtained from recent call is 1 second less than
> > the previous call.
> > 
> > Has anybody observed such kind of problem??
> 
> Time inconsistencies are possible with some hardware, although full
> second inconsistencies are a bit large.
> 
> Please open a bug at  http://bugzilla.kernel.org
> 
> Attach a full dmesg log and assign it to me.

Please provide also test code which makes that problem visible.

	tglx