Re: [PATCH 3/7] time: Rework debugging variables so they aren't global

[Ingo Molnar]

* John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ingo suggested that the timekeeping debugging variables
> recently added should not be global, and should be tied
> to the timekeeper's read_base.
> 
> Thus this patch implements that suggestion.
> 
> This version is differnet from the earlier versions

s/differnet/
  different

> as it keeps the variables in the timekeeper structure
> rather then in the tkr.

> + * @last_warning:	Warning ratelimiter (DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING)
> + * @underflow_seen:	Underflow warning flag (DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING)
> + * @overflow_seen:	Overflow warning flag (DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING)
>   *
>   * Note: For timespec(64) based interfaces wall_to_monotonic is what
>   * we need to add to xtime (or xtime corrected for sub jiffie times)
> @@ -106,6 +109,18 @@ struct timekeeper {
>  	s64			ntp_error;
>  	u32			ntp_error_shift;
>  	u32			ntp_err_mult;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
> +	long			last_warning;
> +	/*
> +	 * These simple flag variables are managed
> +	 * without locks, which is racy, but ok since
> +	 * we don't really care about being super
> +	 * precise about how many events were seen,
> +	 * just that a problem was observed.

s/but ok since/
  but they are ok since

Thanks,

	Ingo
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