linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] simplify update_times (avoid jiffies/jiffies

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Date:	Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:28:35 +0200
From:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
Cc:	schwidefsky@...glemail.com, johnstul@...ibm.com, akpm@...l.org,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, clameter@...r.sgi.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org, ak@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] simplify update_times (avoid jiffies/jiffies_64
	aliasing problem)

On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 01:13 +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 16:02:43 +0200, "Martin Schwidefsky" <schwidefsky@...glemail.com> wrote:
> > Good start, now you only have the change the 30+ calls to do_timer in
> > the various architecture backends.
> 
> OK, then this is a patch contains the changes.
> Adding S390 maintainer Martin Schwidefsky to CC.
> 
> This patch is against current git tree, so does not contains a change
> to arch/avr32 which is in mm tree.  I can create a patch against mm
> tree if expected.
> 
> 
> [PATCH] cleanup do_timer and update_times
> 
> Pass ticks to do_timer() and update_times().
> 
> This also make a barrier added by
> 5aee405c662ca644980c184774277fc6d0769a84 needless.
> 
> Also adjust x86_64 and s390 timer interrupt handler with this change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>

Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>

-- 
blue skies,
  Martin.

Martin Schwidefsky
Linux for zSeries Development & Services
IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


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