Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751045AbVJTKGU (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:06:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751162AbVJTKGU (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:06:20 -0400 Received: from ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com ([24.24.2.56]:53233 "EHLO ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751045AbVJTKGT (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:06:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:05:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Steven Rostedt X-X-Sender: rostedt@localhost.localdomain To: Ingo Molnar cc: john stultz , tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ktimer / -rt9 (+custom) monotonic_clock going backwards. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1129734626.19559.275.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <1129747172.27168.149.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <20051020073416.GA28581@elte.hu> <20051020080107.GA31342@elte.hu> <20051020085955.GB2903@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 628 Lines: 29 On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > Not anymore. > > > > include/linux/time.h: > > > > /* timeofday base types */ > > typedef s64 nsec_t; > > typedef unsigned long cycle_t; > > > > FYI, > > I just switched cycle_t to u64 and hackbench no longer makes the time go > backwards. > > John, would this cause any problems to keep cycle_t at s64? I mean at u64. -- Steve - 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/