Re: [PATCH] clock_getres.2: Remove obsolete note on SMP systems

[Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo-aOqSs0FX/Gu4Tu3zPC53fQ@public.gmane.org>]

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 05:01:26PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> >>
> >> Clearly, the page needs amending. However, ideal would be to describe
> >> *when* the section became obsolete (which kernel version). Do you or
> >> Peter know, or have an idea how we can determine that information?
> >
> > I don't know. But looking at the git repo, it seems in the first git commit
> > (1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2) it was already safe,
> 
> So, some history: CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID and CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
> first appeared in 2.6.12, as far as I know.
> 
> Your suggesting that these clocks were safe in 2.6.12-rc2 (April
> 2005). At this point, I'm confused. AFAICT, Christoph wrote his text

Ohh, I didn't know that. Now I'm confused too :S

> in mid-2004, quite some time before 2.61.12 was released with the
> initial CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID and CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
> implementations. The thing is, Christoph, is usually pretty sharp, so
> I assume that he was talking about something that was true at some
> point, but it's unclear to me when that point could have been, since
> the timelines don't seem to match up (unless, of course, your
> suppositions are wrong, Rodrigo, but I'm not assuming that at this
> point).

Hmmm, but chances are that I'm wrong I think... =)


> 
> Let's see is Christoph or Peter has something to say.

Let's see :)






Thanks a lot,
Rodrigo
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