Re: [PATCH 1/2] non-string based tsc unstable reasons

[Andi Kleen]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 12:32:10PM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> Just passing a string to mark_tsc_unstable() doesn't allow real code to change
> based on the reason for the instablility. I changed mark_tsc_unstable()
> to accept a string and a flag which denotes a general reason why the tsc
> is unstable, and can be evaluated in code.
> 

I still think that's the wrong way to do this. If there is any 
special action that should be done on particular unstable events
it should call a separate function or an addon function.
First putting it all together and then try to distingush it again
doesn't seem nice.

-Andi
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