From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: zhenwei pi <pizhenwei@bytedance.com>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, pbonzini@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/cpu: Introduce x86_get_cpufreq_khz()
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 23:25:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211202222514.GD16608@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211201024650.88254-2-pizhenwei@bytedance.com>
On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 10:46:49AM +0800, zhenwei pi wrote:
> Wrapper function x86_get_cpufreq_khz() to get frequency on a x86
> platform, hide detailed implementation from proc routine.
>
> Also export this function for the further use, a typical case is that
> kvm module gets the frequency of the host and tell the guest side by
> kvmclock.
This function was already complete crap, and now you want to export it,
*WHY* ?!
What possible use does KVM have for this random number generator?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-02 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-01 2:46 [PATCH v2 0/2] Introduce x86_get_cpufreq_khz() zhenwei pi
2021-12-01 2:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/cpu: " zhenwei pi
2021-12-02 22:25 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2021-12-03 7:34 ` zhenwei pi
2021-12-04 10:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-12-01 2:46 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: x86: use x86_get_freq to get freq for kvmclock zhenwei pi
2021-12-02 2:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-12-02 5:26 ` zhenwei pi
2021-12-02 7:19 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-12-02 22:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-12-03 7:53 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-12-04 10:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
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