Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269179AbUING4z (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:56:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269176AbUING4y (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:56:54 -0400 Received: from rrzd1.rz.uni-regensburg.de ([132.199.1.6]:50655 "EHLO rrzd1.rz.uni-regensburg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269172AbUING4r (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:56:47 -0400 From: "Ulrich Windl" Organization: Universitaet Regensburg, Klinikum To: Christoph Lameter Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:53:45 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] new timeofday core subsystem (v.A0) CC: george anzinger , Albert Cahalan , lkml , tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de, Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de, Len Brown , linux@dominikbrodowski.de, David Mosberger , Andi Kleen , paulus@samba.org, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, jimix@us.ibm.com, keith maanthey , greg kh , Patricia Gaughen , Chris McDermott Message-ID: <4146B19D.4429.1A51DA@rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> In-reply-to: References: <1095114307.29408.285.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Content-Conformance: HerringScan-0.25/Sophos-3.84+2.20+2.07.066+02 August 2004+93389@20040914.064826Z Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 769 Lines: 21 On 13 Sep 2004 at 15:45, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > o My only other nit is that you use a different name then xtime. If > > you're changing the type, you might as well use a meaningful name. > > xtime is the traditional name. Maybe renaming it to intentionally break > old code would be good but I thought it would be good to understand > the approach. > I think direct access to xtime should vanish. Provide an inlinable function to get the current time coarsely and quickly (that's what reading xtime is). Ulrich - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/