linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hrtimer: increase clock min delta threshold while interrupt hanging

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Date:	Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:41:51 +0100
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	"Frédéric Weisbecker" <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hrtimer: increase clock min delta threshold while interrupt hanging

On Monday 22 December 2008, Frédéric Weisbecker wrote:
> > Shouldn't force_clock_reprogram be reset to 0 after it has fired and
> > been handled?
>
> No, we need to keep the clock reprogramming forcing for each next
> hrtimer interrupt if we want the min delta to be used inside
> tick_dev_program_event(). 

Wouldn't that be worth a comment in the code?

Thanks a lot for the answers.
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