Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 11:53:50 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.Nether.net> Cc: "Serguei V. Melekhov" <smelekov@vniigazmain.gazprom.ru>, "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /Kernel Calcru Message-ID: <10929.923997230@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:24:50 EDT." <19990408132450.J11653@puck.nether.net>
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Please look in the FAQ. Poul-Henning In message <19990408132450.J11653@puck.nether.net>, Jared Mauch writes: > It's a calculation of cpu time the process has used. > > Somewhere there was a math error, causing a negative time >to appear. > > I get thousands of these on some of my servers: > >eg: >calcru: negative time of -12177441 usec for pid 1420 (cucipop) > > etc.. > > I've not seen it be of any harm, but it may be >somehow that i'm not aware of. > > >On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 04:20:01PM +0400, Serguei V. Melekhov wrote: >> Hello, >> Sorry for the dumb question. Just don't know what does that mean? >> Apr 8 09:09:09 mail /kernel: calcru: negative time: -478 usec >> Anyway, Time plays no role here. Just this kernel calcru message?! >> >> Thanks in advance. > >-- >Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net >clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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