From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
ia64 <linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:14:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16629.41505.190823.945993@napali.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0407141323530.15874@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
>>>>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:28:39 -0700 (PDT), Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> said:
Christoph> Right. I had it named getnstimeofday before but the
Christoph> feeling was that the patch should not introduce a new
Christoph> name. Any approach that would allow progress on the issue
Christoph> would be fine with me.
Just to avoid further confusion: I wasn't objecting to the name, I was
suggesting that do_gettimeofday() should instead use timespec.
Christoph> do_gettimeofday is used all over the linux kernel for a
Christoph> variety of purposes and lots of code depends on the
Christoph> presence of a timeval struct.
Which is true...
--david
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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
ia64 <linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy)
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:14:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16629.41505.190823.945993@napali.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0407141323530.15874@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
>>>>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:28:39 -0700 (PDT), Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> said:
Christoph> Right. I had it named getnstimeofday before but the
Christoph> feeling was that the patch should not introduce a new
Christoph> name. Any approach that would allow progress on the issue
Christoph> would be fine with me.
Just to avoid further confusion: I wasn't objecting to the name, I was
suggesting that do_gettimeofday() should instead use timespec.
Christoph> do_gettimeofday is used all over the linux kernel for a
Christoph> variety of purposes and lots of code depends on the
Christoph> presence of a timeval struct.
Which is true...
--david
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-14 21:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-14 16:41 gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer Christoph Lameter
2004-07-14 16:41 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) Christoph Lameter
2004-07-14 20:09 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the john stultz
2004-07-14 20:09 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) john stultz
2004-07-14 20:28 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the Christoph Lameter
2004-07-14 20:28 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) Christoph Lameter
2004-07-14 21:14 ` David Mosberger [this message]
2004-07-14 21:14 ` David Mosberger
2004-07-14 21:15 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the john stultz
2004-07-14 21:15 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) john stultz
2004-07-15 0:08 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the Christoph Lameter
2004-07-15 0:08 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) Christoph Lameter
2004-07-15 0:48 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the john stultz
2004-07-15 0:48 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) john stultz
2004-07-15 1:16 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the David Mosberger
2004-07-15 1:16 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) David Mosberger
2004-07-15 1:35 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the john stultz
2004-07-15 1:35 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) john stultz
2004-07-15 3:57 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the David Mosberger
2004-07-15 3:57 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) David Mosberger
2004-07-15 15:31 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the Christoph Lameter
2004-07-15 15:31 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) Christoph Lameter
2004-07-15 16:14 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the john stultz
2004-07-15 16:14 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) john stultz
2004-07-15 17:03 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the Christoph Lameter
2004-07-15 17:03 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) Christoph Lameter
2004-07-15 17:18 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the john stultz
2004-07-15 17:18 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) john stultz
2004-07-15 22:59 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer George Anzinger
2004-07-15 22:59 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) George Anzinger
2004-07-16 2:44 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the Christoph Lameter
2004-07-16 2:44 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) Christoph Lameter
2004-07-14 21:09 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher Matthew Wilcox
2004-07-14 21:09 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) Matthew Wilcox
2004-07-14 21:27 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the Christoph Lameter
2004-07-14 21:27 ` gettimeofday nanoseconds patch (makes it possible for the posix-timer functions to return higher accuracy) Christoph Lameter
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