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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:41:17 -0800
From: john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 13/22 -v2] handle accurate time keeping over long
delays
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 15:15 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > I'm trying to figure out all the ramifications of the new
> > "cycle_accumulated" field. Does it really need to be
>
> John,
>
> Before we hardcode these names, can we change them? Later in the series I
> use something called 'cycle_raw' which really should be called
> 'cycle_accumulated'. Since cycle_accumulated IIRC can go backwards.
Err... I don't think the current cycle_accumulated can go backwards. Or
maybe I'm missing what you mean.
> Or do you think I should rename cycle_raw to cycle_monotonic?
That's fine by me either way.
thanks
-john
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