Re: [PATCH 01/18] Make TSC offset writes non-preemptible

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Tue Jul 13 2010 - 17:33:39 EST


On 07/12/2010 10:25 PM, Zachary Amsden wrote:
Ensure that the storing of the offset and the reading of the TSC
are never preempted by taking a spinlock. While the lock is overkill
now, it is useful later in this patch series.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden<zamsden@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>

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