Re: [PATCH] x86_64: remove wrong setting about CONSTANT_TSC forintel cpu

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Feb 26 2008 - 04:48:12 EST



* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>> which is the same. set_cpu_cap() is indeed the cleaner form to do this
>>> so your patch is correct as a cleanup.
>> set_cpu_cap is right
>> ==
>> set_bit(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC, &c->x86_capability); ===> is wrong
>> should be
>> set_bit(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC, c->x86_capability);
>>
>> x86_capability is a array ...
>
> For an array, the & is optional and has no effect.
>
> So they mean the same thing.

yeah. It's unnecessary entropy nevertheless and i've cleaned it all up
in x86.git.

Ingo
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