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Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:40:46 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Thomas Shao <huishao@...rosoft.com>
cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com, kys@...rosoft.com,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Richard Cochran <rcochran@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] timekeeping: add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for
 do_adjtimex()

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, Thomas Shao wrote:
> 
> And again you forgot to cc John Stultz on this....
> 
> > Export do_adjtimex function for hyper-v Time Synchronization component

Aside of that, we really want to see the use case for this and how you
addressed the problems which were pointed out by various folks.

I still do not have a consistent argument from you WHY you need to
abuse do_adjtimex() to do that host - guest synchronization in the
first place.

Thanks,

	tglx
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