linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates

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Message-ID: <20130830114309.GW6617@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:43:09 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
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>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] ARM/ARM64 architected timer updates

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:07:28AM +0100, Sudeep KarkadaNagesha wrote:
> On 29/08/13 15:55, 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).
> > 
> > Since the timer control register is reset to zero on warm boot, CPU
> > PM notifier is added to save and restore the value.
> > 
> Hi Russell,
> 
> Can you have a look at this series ?
> If you are OK, can I have your ACK on arm specific changes(PATCH 2/5) ?

I think it would be more value to have someone from ARM Ltd ack it,
because they will know the code much better than I do.
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