rtc delayed by 1 jiffies

[Adam Majer <adamm@zombino.com>]

Hello,

I'm using 2.6.16 from Sid on my Sarge box,

# apt-cache policy linux-image-`uname -r`
linux-image-2.6.16-1-vserver-k7:
  Installed: 2.6.16-10
  Candidate: 2.6.16-10
  Version Table:
 *** 2.6.16-10 0
        280 http://debian.yorku.ca unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


It runs great, except that now I'm receiving a weird kernel message,

kernel: genrtc: timer task delayed by 1 jiffies


It seems to appear periodically or a few times per day. I tried to track
down the line that causes this in 2.6.16 sources, and found it
(drivers/arch/genrtc.c). The same line with the same condition appears
in other kernels, but I never gotten those annoying "warnings".

When I run a 2.6.15 kernel (not vserver, just regular one), I did not
have this message show up at all. Can anyone shed some light on the
possible causes and/or implications of this, if any?

Thanks,
- Adam

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