linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/9] clocksource: Sanity check watchdog clocksource

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Date:	Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:03:06 -0700
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Shaohua Li <shli@...com>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] clocksource: Sanity check watchdog clocksource

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2015, John Stultz wrote:
>
>> From: Shaohua Li <shli@...com>
>>
>> Add a sanity check to make sure watchdog clocksource doesn't wrap too
>> quickly.
>
> Too quickly for what?

The maximum interval delay limit (which would prevent the logic from
avoiding false positives) .

I can try to expand this text and resend if you want.

Aren't you on vacation? :)
-john
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