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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/6] psci: Add hvc call service for ptp_kvm.
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On 16/10/19 09:31, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> 3) move the implementation of the hypercall to
>> drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c, so that it can call
>> ktime_get_snapshot(&systime_snapshot, &clocksource_counter);
>
> And then you implement a gazillion of those functions for every
> arch/subarch which has a similar requirement. Pointless exercise.
>
> Having the ID is trivial enough and the storage space is not really a
> concern.

Ok, good.

Paolo