Re: [PATCH] ring-buffer: More precise time stamps for nested writes

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Mar 27 2015 - 18:17:25 EST


On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 09:14:30 +1100
Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> > It can be done cleanly if you encapsulate it properly.
>
> Sure, but what is the advantage to using a static branch? When would
> you ever want a single kernel image that could run either way
> depending on what machine it was running on?

For x86 you don't want it, unless you want to see interrupts
serialized, where some times you do.

It's not just an arch thing.

-- Steve
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