linux-kernel - Re: [RFT/PATCH v2 4/6] x86-64: vclock_gettime(CLOCK

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Date:	Thu, 7 Apr 2011 07:27:07 -0400
From:	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFT/PATCH v2 4/6] x86-64: vclock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) can't
 ever see nsec < 0

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> * Andy Lutomirski <luto@....EDU> wrote:
>
>> +
>> +     /* wall_time_nsec, vgetns(), and wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec
>> +      * are all guaranteed to be nonnegative.
>> +      */
>
>> +     /* wall_time_nsec and wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec are
>> +      * guaranteed to be between 0 and NSEC_PER_SEC.
>> +      */
>
> Nor have you addressed stylistic review feedback i gave before ...
>
> Really, we absolutely must insist on 110% attention to small details for
> patches that modify assembly code.

Crud, I fixed most of those.  I'll get these in v3.  (I assume you're
talking about comment style.)

--Andy

>
> Thanks,
>
>        Ingo
>
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