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Date:      Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:43:45 -0400
From:      Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Still getting 'calcru: runtime went backwards'
Message-ID:  <44AEAB61.6000104@rogers.com>
In-Reply-To: <200607071343.14205.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <20060629193346.GA2548@dragon.NUXI.org> <44AD6756.4070008@rogers.com> <44ADC08B.8000408@rogers.com> <200607071343.14205.jhb@freebsd.org>

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John Baldwin wrote:
> That is partly because when you run top it queries the resource usage of the 
> various processes via fill_kinfo_proc().  When you don't run top, no one is 
> asking for the resource usage numbers, so the kernel doesn't waste time 
> calculating them.
>
>   

Right, also running ps has the same effect. But why do these messages occur?

> In both cases your errors are for a long-running kernel process that's been up 
> since boot.  What's the uptime on your box?
>
>   

Not sure what the uptime was, this box is not in production yet so i 
shut it off regularly. I would guess under an hour.





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