linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv6 0/5] xen: maintain an accurate persistent clock in more cases

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1306282054340.4013@ionos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:	Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:58:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
cc:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 0/5] xen: maintain an accurate persistent clock in more
 cases

On Fri, 28 Jun 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 05:12:35PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Jun 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 03:14:42PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, David Vrabel wrote:
> > > > > These series fixes the above limitations and depends on "x86: increase
> > > > > precision of x86_platform.get/set_wallclock()" which was previously
> > > > > posted.
> > > > 
> > > > So I'd like to merge that in the following way:
> > > > 
> > > > I pick up patches 1-3 and stick them into tip timers/for-xen and merge
> > > > that branch into timers/core. When picking up 1/6, I'll drop the xen
> > > > part of that, so timers/core will not hold any xen specific bits.
> > > > 
> > > > Then the xen folks can pull timers/for-xen and apply the xen specific
> > > > stuff on top.
> > > 
> > > Wouldn't it be easier for you to pick the "xen part of that" as well?
> > > I am OK with you doing that and it all going through your tree.
> > 
> > I can do that, if that's not conflicting with other xen/x86 stuff
> > outside of timers/core.
> 
> I got one change in there and it seems to apply cleanly (woot!).
> But lets be on a safe side. There are also some Xen ARM changes that
> are fiddling with arch/x86/xen/time.c (different maintainer)) - so both
> me and Stefano can pull from the timers/for-xen and not have to worry about
> conflict resolution.

Hrmpf, just noticed, that it depends on other stuff in timers/core:

ce0b098: x86: Fix vrtc_get_time/set_mmss to use new timespec interface
3565184: x86: Increase precision of x86_platform.get/set_wallclock()

/me rumages for frozen shark.
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