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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:39:08 -0800
From: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
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To: Will Newton <will.newton@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/main.c: Use ktime accessor function in initcall_debug
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Will Newton wrote:
> The initcall_debug code access the tv64 member of ktime. This won't work
> correctly for large deltas on platforms that don't use the scalar ktime
> implementation.

In principle I see no problem with this.  But as a matter of
practice it may be overkill.

How big does the delta have to be for this to be a problem?
And how much overhead does ktime_to_ns() add?
 -- Tim

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Tim Bird
Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America
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