Re: gettimeofday() goes backwards on FreeBSD 4.9 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Marc G. Fournier
Subject Re: gettimeofday() goes backwards on FreeBSD 4.9
Date
Msg-id 20031128213024.E99096@ganymede.hub.org
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In response to Re: gettimeofday() goes backwards on FreeBSD 4.9  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: gettimeofday() goes backwards on FreeBSD 4.9  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
> > I'm suspecting that the issue is amplified by load on the server itself
>
> That would fit right in with my idea that the failure occurs when the
> process loses its timeslice partway through gettimeofday().  Heavier
> load would presumably make it more likely to lose the CPU.

I'm posting to the freebsd lists about it, see if they have anything to
say ...

>
> BTW, I can't get top(1) to work on either pgsql74 or svr1, any idea why?

top is one of those things that do not work within a VM ...

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