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Date:      Fri, 7 Jul 2006 15:26:47 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Still getting 'calcru: runtime went backwards'
Message-ID:  <200607071526.47758.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <44AEAB61.6000104@rogers.com>
References:  <20060629193346.GA2548@dragon.NUXI.org> <200607071343.14205.jhb@freebsd.org> <44AEAB61.6000104@rogers.com>

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On Friday 07 July 2006 14:43, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> 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?

Not sure.  My guess would be an overflow of some sort but given the short 
uptime that likely is not the case.

-- 
John Baldwin



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