linux-kernel - Re: [RFC patch 0/4] TSC calibration improvements

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0809041428520.3117@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:30:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
	Arjan van de Veen <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [RFC patch 0/4] TSC calibration improvements



On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> In fact ... shouldnt we intentionally include a 'wraparound' event in 
> the test?

No.

Face it, if somebody tries to make QUICK_PIT_MS be so large as to that be 
an issue, then the whole point of the function goes away.

			Linus
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