linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 13/22 -v2] handle accurate time keeping over long delays

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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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