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Message-Id: <1160420510.5458.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:01:50 -0700 From: john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com> To: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> Cc: akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] -mm: clocksource: add some new API calls On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 11:54 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > plain text document attachment (clocksource_user_api.patch) > originally used plist but removed it in this patch, and used a sorted list > which is just as fast with a lot less memory overhead. > > Introduces some new API calls, > > - clocksource_get_clock() > Allows a clock lookup by name. > - clocksource_rating_change() > Used by a clocksource to signal a rating change. Replaces > reselect_clocksource() Adds ns2cyc interface. Just to keep things in logical chunks, maybe would that chunk be better added with the patch that uses it? > I also moved the the clock source list to a plist, which removes some lookup > overhead in the average case. Probably need to update the header, as you don't use a plist now. :) > Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> Otherwise this patch looks like a good cleanup to me. Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com> thanks -john - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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