linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv6 0/5] xen: maintain an accurate persistent clock in more cases

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:19:54 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 0/5] xen: maintain an accurate persistent clock in more
 cases

On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 05:12:35PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 03:14:42PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, David Vrabel wrote:
> > > > These series fixes the above limitations and depends on "x86: increase
> > > > precision of x86_platform.get/set_wallclock()" which was previously
> > > > posted.
> > > 
> > > So I'd like to merge that in the following way:
> > > 
> > > I pick up patches 1-3 and stick them into tip timers/for-xen and merge
> > > that branch into timers/core. When picking up 1/6, I'll drop the xen
> > > part of that, so timers/core will not hold any xen specific bits.
> > > 
> > > Then the xen folks can pull timers/for-xen and apply the xen specific
> > > stuff on top.
> > 
> > Wouldn't it be easier for you to pick the "xen part of that" as well?
> > I am OK with you doing that and it all going through your tree.
> 
> I can do that, if that's not conflicting with other xen/x86 stuff
> outside of timers/core.

I got one change in there and it seems to apply cleanly (woot!).
But lets be on a safe side. There are also some Xen ARM changes that
are fiddling with arch/x86/xen/time.c (different maintainer)) - so both
me and Stefano can pull from the timers/for-xen and not have to worry about
conflict resolution.

Thanks!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
> 
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