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From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: gettimeofday question
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 16:24:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010303162346.A1250@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200103031249.f23Cn4R01208@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200103031249.f23Cn4R01208@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>; from rmk@arm.linux.org.uk on Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 12:49:04PM +0000

On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 12:49:04PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> Further more, while do_gettimeofday() is still within the
> read_lock_irqsave, we spin_unlock(&i8253_lock) in do_slow_gettimeoffset()
> and _re-enable_ interrupts!  This means when we later read xtime, we're
> doing it with interrupts enabled.

Ok, so this is a classic brainfart.  The rest of the original message still
stands though.

--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-03 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-03 12:49 gettimeofday question Russell King
2001-03-03 16:24 ` Russell King [this message]
2001-03-19  7:33 ` Russell King
2001-03-19 11:39   ` Jamie Lokier
2001-03-19 18:26     ` Eli Carter
2001-03-19 19:06       ` Russell King
2001-03-19 19:49         ` Eli Carter
2001-03-19 21:34           ` Russell King
2001-03-19 22:54             ` Eli Carter
2001-03-19 23:44               ` Russell King
2001-03-20 15:27                 ` Eli Carter
2001-03-21 22:14             ` Eli Carter
2001-03-21 22:27               ` Eli Carter
2001-03-21 23:10                 ` Eli Carter
2001-03-21 23:27               ` Question on binutils release to use Anthony Barbachan

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