On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 07:05:30AM -0700, Richard Cochran wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 01:13:39PM +0200, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: > > Since commit 500462a9d ("timers: Switch to a non-cascading wheel"), > > scheduling of delayed work seems to be less accurate and a requested > > delay of 540 seconds may actually be longer than 550 seconds. Shorten > > the delay to 480 seconds to be sure the timecounter is updated in time. > > Good catch. This timer wheel change will affect other, similar > drivers. Guess I'll go through and adjust their timeouts, too.
I just realized that we need to fit there also any frequency adjustments of the PHC and system clock. The PHC can be set to run up to 6% faster and the system clock can be slowed down by up to 10%. Those 480 seconds in the igb driver is not short enough for that. Should I fix and resend this patch, or send a new one? Other drivers may have a similar problem. -- Miroslav Lichvar