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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0801091908470.5270@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:09:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
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Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 13/22 -v2] handle accurate time keeping over long
delays
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, john stultz wrote:
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c | 5 ++-
> > include/asm-x86/vgtod.h | 2 -
> > include/linux/clocksource.h | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 35 +++++++++++++------------
> > 4 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> >
> > linux-2.6.21-rc5_cycles-accumulated_C7.patch
> ^^ An oldie but a goodie?
Hehe, I got this directly from the RT queue.
>
> I was just reminded that in the time since 2.6.21-rc5, other arches
> beside x86_64 have gained vgettimeofday implementations, and thus will
> need similar update_vsyscall() tweaks as seen below to get the correct
> time.
>
> Here's the fix for x86_64:
Thanks! I'll fold this into this patch for the next release.
-- Steve
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