linux-kernel - Re: [patch 02/39] hrtimer: Get rid of the resolution field in hrtimer_clock

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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:04:10 +0530
From:	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatt@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 02/39] hrtimer: Get rid of the resolution field in hrtimer_clock_base

On 04/15/2015 02:38 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>The field has no value because all clock bases have the same
>>resolution. The resolution only changes when we switch to high
>>resolution timer mode. We can evaluate that from a single static
>>variable as well. In the !HIGHRES case its simply a constant.
>>
>>Export the variable, so we can simplify the usage sites.
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>>---

Reviewed-by: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

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