Re: + i386-time-avoid-pit-smp-lockups.patch added to -mm tree

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Oct 19 2006 - 10:06:03 EST



> You just mean the if statement above though? I was talking more about
> the structure above this called "clocksource_pit" which isn't used on
> SMP systems due to this code addition. AFAIK init_pit_clocksource()
> could disappear along with the clocksource structure ..

It will end up as a int f() { return 0; }. Not very much overhead.

-Andi
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