Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Jul 19 2007 - 13:39:19 EST


On Thursday 19 July 2007 19:31:56 Daniel Walker wrote:

> >From my perspective a downside to sched_clock is that the math is
> duplicated per architecture .. I think it would be a win to use the
> generic functions if it's possible..

They can't be used because they're not cpu local. The whole basic
concept behind the new sched_clock is to be cpu local.

-Andi

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/