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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:05:50 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] rtc: Limit frequency
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:12:51 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> The RTC hrtimer is self rearming. We really need to limit the
> frequency to something sensible.

> Cc: stable@kernel.org

Why?  What failures does the current code cause?  What effect do these
failures have upon users?