linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86, tsc: fix SMI induced variation in quick_pit

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwuwPXatwdJqeW_e_7w_rBELL8HTHqq0FLDiE+xmPm5XQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:30:57 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	asit.k.mallick@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch] x86, tsc: fix SMI induced variation in quick_pit_calibrate()

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Hmm. I get the feeling that we should remove that line entirely.

Yeah, I really cannot come up with a single good reason to keep that
line, and suspect that I was a bit loopy when I wrote it.

So here's the suggested trivially updated patch. Does this work for people?

                    Linus

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