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

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Tue Feb 26 2008 - 12:29:39 EST


On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:33 PM, 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.

good to know.

YH
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