Re: [PATCH RFC] timekeeping: Fix clock stability with nohz

From: John Stultz
Date: Sat Dec 07 2013 - 17:17:07 EST


This is a multi-part message in MIME format.On 12/07/2013 09:56 AM, Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 05:43:45PM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
>> Anyway, let me know what you think and I'll run some tests on it this
>> weekend.
>>
>> thanks
>> -john
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
>> index 3abf534..bfb36fd 100644
>> --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
>> +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
>> @@ -1056,42 +1056,24 @@ static __always_inline int
>> timekeeping_bigadjust(struct timekeeper *tk,
>> s64 *offset)
> John,
>
> Any chance of posting this against a normal kernel? I am preparing
> "real" tests comparing the three different patches in this thread on
> v3.12.3, but this one does not apply.

Sorry about that. :( About half the time I try pasting in a patch,
thunderbird seems to decide to ignore the preformat setting and corrupts
whitespace in the patch.

Anyway, patch is attached. Many thanks for the additional testing and
review!

thanks
-john