linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] clocksource: Also tweak ->maxadj in clocksource_calc_mult

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Message-ID: <1322783907.21423.153.camel@work-vm>
Date:	Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:58:27 -0800
From:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] clocksource: Also tweak ->maxadj in
 clocksource_calc_mult_shift()

On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 15:20 +0800, Yong Zhang wrote:
> There is still user of clocksource_calc_mult_shift(), and it's
> complement to commit d65670a7 [clocksource: Avoid selecting mult
> values that might overflow when adjusted]

I'd probably drop this patch, as its just extra churn.

Again, I've queued 2/3 to resolve the issue and queued a simplified 3/3
to just remove clocksource_calc_mult_shift. 

thanks
-john




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