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Message-ID: <ZRiP9mgFjLpKHj8N@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:15:34 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
Cc:     Mahesh Bandewar
         (महेश बंडेवार) <maheshb@...gle.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Don Hatchett <hatch@...gle.com>,
        Yuliang Li <yuliangli@...gle.com>,
        Mahesh Bandewar <mahesh@...dewar.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] time: add ktime_get_cycles64() api

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 12:06:46AM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> But I still think we should avoid exporting the raw cycle values
> unless there is some extremely strong argument for it

Looks like the argument was based on a misunderstanding of what
CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW actually is.  So, please, let's not expose the raw
cycle counter value.

Thanks,
Richard

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