Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/3] Scaled statistics using APERF/MPERF in x86

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 27 May 2008 18:49:26 +0530
> At any time we will have both the traditional utilisation value
> relative to current CPU capacity, and scaled utilisation that is
> relative to maximum CPU capacity.
> 

this is where I raise a red flag *because the patch is not doing
that* !!

sadly it gives a random metric which in some circumstances looks like
it does that, but in reality it is not doing that.


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