linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Don't use tsc_khz to calculate lpj if notsc is passed.

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Message-ID: <20081104085504.GA23790@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:55:05 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
Cc:	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	stable@...nel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Don't use tsc_khz to calculate lpj if notsc is
	passed.


* Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com> wrote:

> x86: Don't use tsc_khz to calculate lpj if notsc is passed.
> 
> From: Alok N Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
> 
> With notsc passed on commandline, tsc may not be used for
> udelays, make sure that we do not use tsc_khz to calculate
> the lpj value in such cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
> Cc: stable@...nel.org

applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Alok!

btw., i fixed this error checkpatch noticed:

ERROR: trailing whitespace
#41: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c:838:
+^I$

total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 0 checks, 20 lines checked

	Ingo
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