linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] time: indicate that the clock was set in the pvclock gtod notifier chain

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Message-ID: <51CD6358.5080603@citrix.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:20:08 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] time: indicate that the clock was set in the pvclock
 gtod notifier chain

On 27/06/13 18:37, John Stultz wrote:
> On 06/27/2013 03:35 AM, David Vrabel wrote:
>> From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
>>
>> If the clock was set (stepped), set the action parameter to functions
>> in the pvclock gtod notifier chain to non-zero.  This allows the
>> callee to only do work if the clock was stepped.
>>
>> This will be used on Xen as the synchronization of the Xen wallclock
>> to the control domain's (dom0) system time will be done with this
>> notifier and updating on every timer tick is unnecessary and too
>> expensive.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
> 
> Looks pretty good. Minor note below.

I've fixed this and the other minor change you requested.

You can pull the wallclock-v7 branch from

   git://xenbits.xen.org/people/dvrabel/linux.git

or, if you prefer, I can repost the series.

David
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