Re: jiffies_64 vs. jiffies

[Atsushi Nemoto]

>>>>> On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:52:37 +1100, Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

>> void do_timer(struct pt_regs *regs)
>> {
>> -	jiffies_64++;
>> -	update_times();
>> +	update_times(++jiffies_64);
>>  	softlockup_tick(regs);
>> }

nick> jiffies_64 is not volatile so you should not have to obfuscate
nick> the code like this.

Well, do you mean it should be like this ?

	jiffies_64++;
	update_times(jiffies_64);

Thanks for your comments.
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Atsushi Nemoto
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