Nothing outside of the timekeeping core needs that lock. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- include/linux/jiffies.h | 1 - kernel/time/tick-internal.h | 2 ++ kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/jiffies.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/jiffies.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/jiffies.h @@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ extern int register_refined_jiffies(long */ extern u64 __jiffy_data jiffies_64; extern unsigned long volatile __jiffy_data jiffies; -extern seqlock_t jiffies_lock; #if (BITS_PER_LONG < 64) u64 get_jiffies_64(void); Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-internal.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/tick-internal.h +++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-internal.h @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ #include #include +extern seqlock_t jiffies_lock; + #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD #define TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE -1 Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/timekeeping.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/timekeeping.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/timekeeping.c @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #include #include +#include "tick-internal.h" static struct timekeeper timekeeper; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/