linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Restore deterministic CPU accounting on powerpc

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Date:	Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:49:56 +0100
From:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Restore deterministic CPU accounting on powerpc

On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:48 +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> This also lets us simplify the s390 code a bit; it means that the s390
> timer interrupt can now call update_process_times even when
> CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING is turned on, and can just implement a
> suitable account_process_tick().

Just tested on s390 with CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING=y. Works fine and it
is a nice cleanup of the s390 timer code. Thanks Paul.

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

-- 
blue skies,
  Martin.

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


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