linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates

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Message-ID: <20130827112247.GH19897@arm.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:22:47 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@....com>
Cc:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@....com>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 05:19:04PM +0100, Sudeep KarkadaNagesha wrote:
> From: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@....com>
> 
> This patch series adds support to configure the rate and enable the
> event stream for architected timer. The event streams can be used to
> impose a timeout on a wfe, to safeguard against any programming error
> in case an expected event is not generated or even to implement
> wfe-based timeouts for userspace locking implementations. This feature
> can be disabled(enabled by default).

I had two minor comments. Once they are addressed:

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
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