linux-kernel - Re: Badness at kernel/time/timekeeping.c:98 in pmud (timekeeping

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:05:24 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Paul Collins <paul@...ly.ondioline.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Badness at kernel/time/timekeeping.c:98 in pmud
 (timekeeping_suspended)


> The commit fixed the problem with sched_clock, but it does not fix
> problems where other parts of the kernel call timekeeping functions
> _AFTER_ timekeeping has been suspended.

Maybe we should use the PMU sysdev which is used for suspending
backlight stuff etc... to also suspend emitting of the input events.

Cheers,
Ben.


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