linux-kernel - Re: How is Code in do_sys_settimeofday() safe in case of SMP and Nest Kernel Path?

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Date:	02 Oct 2006 12:08:08 +0200
From:	Samuel Tardieu <sam@...1149.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: How is Code in do_sys_settimeofday() safe in case of SMP and Nest Kernel Path?

>>>>> "Andi" == Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> writes:

>> Did you get to the bottom of this yet? It looks like you're right,
>> and I suggest a seqlock might be a good option.

Andi> It basically doesn't matter because nobody changes the time zone
Andi> after boot.

I do when I travel, and my laptop has a dual-core processor.

  Sam
-- 
Samuel Tardieu -- sam@...1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/

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