Re: [PATCH v2 08/25] timekeeping: Encapsulate locking/unlocking of timekeeper_lock

[John Stultz]

On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 1:29 AM Anna-Maria Behnsen
<anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> timekeeper_lock protects updates of timekeeper (tk_core). It is also used
> by vdso_update_begin/end() and not only internally by the timekeeper code.
>
> As long as there is only a single timekeeper, this works fine.  But when
> the timekeeper infrastructure will be reused for per ptp clock timekeepers,
> timekeeper_lock needs to be part of tk_core..
>
> Therefore encapuslate locking/unlocking of timekeeper_lock and make the
> lock static.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>