Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751158AbWHGIsw (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 04:48:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751163AbWHGIsw (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 04:48:52 -0400 Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:8714 "EHLO mail.muc.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751158AbWHGIsw (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 04:48:52 -0400 Date: 7 Aug 2006 10:48:50 +0200 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 10:48:50 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Rusty Russell , lkml - Kernel Mailing List , Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: [PATCH] Turn rdmsr, rdtsc into inline functions, clarify names Message-ID: <20060807084850.GA67713@muc.de> References: <1154771262.28257.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1154832963.29151.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060806031643.GA43490@muc.de> <200608062243.45129.dtor@insightbb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608062243.45129.dtor@insightbb.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 658 Lines: 18 On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 10:43:44PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Saturday 05 August 2006 23:16, Andi Kleen wrote: > > This whole thing is broken, e.g. on a preemptive kernel when the > > code can switch CPUs > > > > Would not preempt_disable fix that? Partially, but you still have other problems. Please just get rid of it. Why do we have timer code in the kernel if you then chose not to use it? -Andi - 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/