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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzun14DaCyGPjQ8r33cTnRw-_4tLuTrZ90nEWZT4uLmEw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2015 11:07:52 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>
Cc:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] x86, tsc: Allow for high latency in quick_pit_calibrate()

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:54 AM, George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com> wrote:
>
> Actually, the current code uses three timestamps: one before the last
> read of the unwanted value, one in the middle, and one after the
> read of the target value (bit set in this case).

Yes, right you are. All are valid and interesting.

                   Linus
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