> Seems that under high disk I/O load,
> (very seldom, about every 30-100secs) the process
> gets woken up one IRQ period later.
> Ideas why this happens.
this could be a lost RTC IRQ. If you are using 2048 Hz RTC interrupts, it
just needs a single 1msec IRQ delay to lose an RTC IRQ. Especially SCSI
disk interrupts are known to sometimes cause 1-2 millisecs IRQ delays.
But before jumping to conclusions, what exactly are the symptoms, what
does 'one IRQ period later' mean exactly?
-- mingo
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