linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Restrict TSC test code to x86

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Message-ID: <20141028084735.6338d01b@lwn.net>
Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:47:35 -0400
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	Peter Foley <pefoley2@...oley.com>
Cc:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, afaerber@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Restrict TSC test code to x86

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:07:51 -0400
Peter Foley <pefoley2@...oley.com> wrote:

> > The prctl test code in Documentation/ tries to show how to
> > use a call that only makes sense on x86. Restrict it there
> > so that other platforms don't try to call asm("rdtsc").
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>  
> 
> Acked-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@...oley.com>

Snagged into the docs tree, thanks.

jon
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