Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932157AbWEGNSf (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 09:18:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932158AbWEGNSf (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 09:18:35 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:34320 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932157AbWEGNSe (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 09:18:34 -0400 Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 14:18:25 +0100 From: Russell King To: Nick Piggin Cc: Mike Galbraith , Andi Kleen , Christopher Friesen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sched_clock() uses are broken Message-ID: <20060507131825.GC20443@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Nick Piggin , Mike Galbraith , Andi Kleen , Christopher Friesen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060502132953.GA30146@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <44578EB9.8050402@nortel.com> <200605021859.18948.ak@suse.de> <445791D3.9060306@yahoo.com.au> <1146640155.7526.27.camel@homer> <445DE925.9010006@yahoo.com.au> <20060507124307.GA20443@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <445DEE70.10807@yahoo.com.au> <445DEF6D.1050902@yahoo.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <445DEF6D.1050902@yahoo.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 940 Lines: 25 On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 11:00:29PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote: > Nick Piggin wrote: > > >I stand by my first reply to your comment WRT the API. > > Actually, on rereading, it seems like I was a bit confused about > your proposal. I don't think you specified anyway the units > returned by your new sched_clock(). So it is identical to my > "corrected" interface :\ Okay, so that presumably means we have to either stick with what we currently have, or go the whole hog and re-implement the sched_clock() support? IOW, my patch on 2nd May isn't of any use as it currently stands? -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - 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/