Re: [RFC PATCH 13/22 -v2] handle accurate time keeping over longdelays

[john stultz]

On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 15:15 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > I'm trying to figure out all the ramifications of the new
> > "cycle_accumulated" field.  Does it really need to be
> 
> John,
> 
> Before we hardcode these names, can we change them?  Later in the series I
> use something called 'cycle_raw' which really should be called
> 'cycle_accumulated'. Since cycle_accumulated IIRC can go backwards.

Err... I don't think the current cycle_accumulated can go backwards. Or
maybe I'm missing what you mean.

> Or do you think I should rename cycle_raw to cycle_monotonic?

That's fine by me either way.

thanks
-john


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