linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/64: don't select ARCH_HAS_SCALED

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Date:   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:24:50 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/64: don't select ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME on book3E

On Thu, 2019-08-22 at 16:44:05 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Book3E doesn't have SPRN_SPURR/SPRN_PURR.
> 
> Activating ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME is just wasting CPU time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> Link: https://github.com/linuxppc/issues/issues/171

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/b4645ffc49cfe34f67feda20c34bd7a859c78312

cheers