Re: [PATCH] clocksource: riscv_timer: Provide sched_clock

From: Anup Patel
Date: Mon Dec 03 2018 - 09:51:03 EST


On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 6:29 PM Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 03/12/2018 13:35, Anup Patel wrote:
> > Currently, we don't have a sched_clock registered for RISC-V systems.
> > This means Linux time keeping will use jiffies (running at HZ) as the
> > default sched_clock.
> >
> > To avoid this, we explicity provide sched_clock using RISC-V rdtime
> > instruction (similar to riscv_timer clocksource).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Anup,
>
> the GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK dependency in the Kconfig is missing.

Sure, will do.

I also have another patch to select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
for CONFIG_RISCV. Should I squash that patch with this patch??

Regards,
Anup