linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] time: Improve documentation of timekeeeping

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Date:	Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:57:26 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Chen Jie <chenj@...ote.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] time: Improve documentation of timekeeeping_adjust()


* John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org> wrote:

> After getting a number of questions in private emails about the
> math around admittedly very complex timekeeping_adjust() and
> timekeeping_big_adjust(), I  figure the code needs some better
> comments.
> 
> Hopefully the explanations are clear enough and don't muddy the water
> any worse.
> 
> Still needs documentation for ntp_error, but I couldn't recall
> exactly the full explanation behind the code that's there (although
> I do recall once working it out when Roman first proposed it).
> Given a bit more time I can probably work it out, but I don't want to
> hold back this documentation until then.
> 
> CC: Chen Jie <chenj@...ote.com>
> CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> ---
>  kernel/time/timekeeping.c |   81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Applied to tip:timers/core, thanks John.

	Ingo
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