linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip 1/3] introduce task_times() to replace task

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Date:	Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:37:22 +0900
From:	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Spencer Candland <spencer@...ehost.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ibm.com>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 1/3] introduce task_times() to replace task_{u,s}time()
 pair

Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 14:48 +0900, Hidetoshi Seto wrote:
>> This patch introduces a function task_times(*tsk, *utime, *stime)
>> to retrieve utime and stime at once in better, optimized way.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> OK, the patch looks good, but it does not solve those non monotonic
> times funnies that started all this, right?

Yes, you are right.
These three patches are cleanup, not bugfix.

I don't have any clear idea to solve the original issue yet...


Thanks,
H.Seto


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