linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ia64: convert to use clocksource code

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Date:	Wed, 02 May 2007 12:08:01 -0700
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Peter Keilty <peter.keilty@...com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Whitney <eric.whitney@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ia64: convert to use clocksource code

On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 10:58 -0700, john stultz wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 12:11 -0400, Peter Keilty wrote:
> > Daniel Walker wrote:
> > >On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 11:42 -0400, Peter Keilty wrote:
> > >>>There is a read(), and a vread() did you modify the slow syscall path to
> > >>>use the vread()?
> > >>> 
> > >John mentioned that he thought fsys_mmio_ptr could be held in the vread
> > >pointer. vread() is used in x86 for vsyscalls. It looks like you've used
> > >the update_vsyscall() which is also used for vsyscalls. So vread could
> > >also be used .. Have you considered that at all?
> > >  
> > >
> > No, but yes it can be done, overloading the meaning.
> 
> Yea. I'm not really psyched about overloading the vread pointer's use. I
> mentioned it could be done if the #ifdef was objected to, but it seems a
> bit abusive. The #ifdef isn't great, but I think its something I can
> live with for now. At least its explicit.

Use of config options like that is a bad precedence I think, which is
why I commented on it .. Since we have a vread pointer that exists
already, and it's used a very similar purpose it seems like bloat to
just add another pointer.. 

We could change the vread to be a plain void pointer, then let each
architecture use it however they want.

Daniel

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