linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] RFC genirq: Add IRQ timestamping

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikt95R5DT3cTkPbTia9PpJqUr55v_g_xVN_AQtf@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:33:26 -0700
From:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Torben Hohn <torbenh@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] RFC genirq: Add IRQ timestamping

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Torben Hohn <torbenh@....de> wrote:
> +       if (desc->status & IRQ_TIMESTAMP)
> +               getrawmonotonic(&desc->last_timestamp);
> +

I suspect you probably want some very clear comments around why you
chose timestamps based on CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW instead of
CLOCK_MONOTONIC. Likely in the code as well as in the commit log.

thanks
-john
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