linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] timekeeping: add CONFIG_LEGACY_TIMER

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Date:   Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:14:27 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        Philip Blundell <philb@....org>,
        Joshua Thompson <funaho@...ai.org>,
        Sam Creasey <sammy@...my.net>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        "linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
        Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] timekeeping: add CONFIG_LEGACY_TIMER_TICK

On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 5:47 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> All platforms that currently do not use generic clockevents roughly call
> the same set of functions in their timer interrupts: xtime_update(),
> update_process_times() and profile_tick(), sometimes in a different
> sequence.
>
> Add a helper function that performs all three of them, to make the
> callers more uniform and simplify the interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert


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