linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] pvclock: more code cleanup

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:46:49 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Minfei Huang <mnghuan@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] pvclock: more code cleanup

Patch 1 simplifies the pvclock.h API by moving seqcount logic into
two new functions pvclock_read_begin and pvclock_read_retry.
Patch 2 uses the new simplified API in the vDSO.

Paolo

Paolo Bonzini (2):
  pvclock: introduce seqcount-like API
  x86: vdso: use __pvclock_read_cycles

 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 25 +++++------------------
 arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h       | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 arch/x86/kernel/pvclock.c            | 17 ++++++----------
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

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