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Message-Id: <1248958173.6046.32.camel@desktop>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:49:33 -0700
From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
To: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][patch 00/12] clocksource / timekeeping rework V2
On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 12:53 +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> > I'm not sure allowing that type of override a good idea tho .. I don't
> > think it's considered a usable clock when the rating goes to zero.
>
> Override as the root user -> your foot, no? The whole override stuff is
> there for the case that the clocksource selection picked a broken clock
> and you want to force the system into a semi-working state. Ideally the
> whole override would go away, but that is probably wishful thinking..
I would agree if the system doesn't crash as a result, if it just starts
to operate funny then that's maybe acceptable. If you keep the change
rating function, you could potentially remove the unregister path..
Daniel
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