linux-kernel - Re: + i386-time-avoid-pit-smp-lockups.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-Id: <200610191605.39933.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:05:39 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, johnstul@...ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: + i386-time-avoid-pit-smp-lockups.patch added to -mm tree


> You just mean the if statement above though? I was talking more about
> the structure above this called "clocksource_pit" which isn't used on
> SMP systems due to this code addition. AFAIK init_pit_clocksource()
> could disappear along with the clocksource structure ..

It will end up as a int f() { return 0; }. Not very much overhead. 

-Andi
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