Re: [PATCH 9/9] clocksource: Sanity check watchdog clocksource

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Aug 17 2015 - 18:08:46 EST


On Mon, 17 Aug 2015, John Stultz wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 Aug 2015, John Stultz wrote:
> >
> >> From: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Add a sanity check to make sure watchdog clocksource doesn't wrap too
> >> quickly.
> >
> > Too quickly for what?
>
> The maximum interval delay limit (which would prevent the logic from
> avoiding false positives) .
>
> I can try to expand this text and resend if you want.

Yes, please. These half baken changelogs suck.

> Aren't you on vacation? :)

Just returned :)

Thanks,

tglx
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