linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rt2] PowerPC: decrementer clockevent driver

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <17998.28739.378409.440833@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Date:	Sat, 19 May 2007 13:34:27 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Dave Liu <r63238@...escale.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rt2] PowerPC: decrementer clockevent driver

Sergei Shtylyov writes:

>     Yeah, the classic decrementer is programmed off-by-one.

Actually it's programmed off by slightly less than one half on
average, but it doesn't matter since the error doesn't accumulate.

Paul.
-
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/