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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: Store reg field within struct clocksource
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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From: Marc Gonzalez <marc_gonzalez@sigmadesigns.com>
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:36:50 +0100
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On 19/11/2015 14:57, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
>> On 19/11/2015 12:14, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>
>>> So yes, the alignment of the clocksource struct is not longer
>>> relevant. The case where we access clocksource->max_cycles is when
>>> CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING is enabled, which imposes worse performance
>>> problems to timekeeping than the extra cacheline.
>>>
>>> So the simple solution for this issue is indeed the one liner below.
>>
>> It would make sense to also remove the comment emphasizing the
>> alignment requirement.
> 
> Indeed.

Thomas,

Will you commit that patch yourself?

Regards.

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