From: Kerin Millar This is a backport to 2.6.25 of commit 612f39d5e7baeb0518cfe50d53e37e14c0ca1475 from Ingo Molnar, which disables hrtick (high-resolution preemption ticks). For further information, please refer to Gentoo Bug #247453. --- a/kernel/sched.c 2008-04-17 03:49:44.000000000 +0100 +++ b/kernel/sched.c 2008-11-18 20:30:33.000000000 +0000 @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ SCHED_FEAT_NEW_FAIR_SLEEPERS * 1 | SCHED_FEAT_WAKEUP_PREEMPT * 1 | SCHED_FEAT_START_DEBIT * 1 | - SCHED_FEAT_HRTICK * 1 | + SCHED_FEAT_HRTICK * 0 | SCHED_FEAT_DOUBLE_TICK * 0; #define sched_feat(x) (sysctl_sched_features & SCHED_FEAT_##x)