Re: [PATCH] kernel/timer.c: xtime lock missing

[Russell King]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 04:09:51PM -0700, George Anzinger wrote:
> If memory serves, there is a problem here in that the lock is taken in arch
> code and not all archs are taking it.  I think a check of the several arch
> time.c callers might be in order.

Certainly absolutely none of the ARM timer implementations were taking
the lock.  They do now because its rather necessary to ensure working
gettimeofday().

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Russell King
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