linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] fbdev: radeon: stop use ktime

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Date:   Thu, 04 Jan 2018 13:45:09 +0100
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] fbdev: radeon: stop use ktime_get() for HZ
 calibration

On Tuesday, November 07, 2017 03:13:06 PM Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> do_gettimeofday() is deprecated and a bit clumsy. This changes
> radeon_probe_pll_params() over to using ktime_get() with monotonic
> times. There is no need to check for negative values any more
> since the monotonic clocksource cannot go backwards, but I'm
> adding a check for zero-division in case of a bad clocksource.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Patch queued for 4.16, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics