[SailfishDevel] Kernel bug in /proc/stat

[Ales Katona]

Here's an example of a bogus cpu usage reported by top on the phone.
Regression still present with latest release.

http://www.bistrecode.com/jolla_top_bug.png


2014-06-19 18:57 GMT-06:00 Ales Katona <almindor at gmail.com>:

> There seems to be a kernel bug in the latest official release of Sailfish
> OS on the Jolla phone.
>
> The /proc/stat numbers for CPUs should never decrease but with higher CPU
> activity, e.g. when moving around the screen, the iowait and idle
> indicators jump down, then go back up when the activity stops.
>
> The jumps are substantial and cause all CPU tracking programs and apps to
> malfunction. top for example reports 2700% cpu usage at times.
>
> Is this a known issue?
>
> P.S.: sorry if this was double-posted, I sent this as the 1st message to
> get into the mailing list and thought it wasn't really sent into the list
> before I registered.
>
>
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