Re: [RFC][patch 00/12] clocksource / timekeeping rework V2

[Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>]

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:49:33 -0700
Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 12:53 +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> 
> > > I'm not sure allowing that type of override a good idea tho .. I don't
> > > think it's considered a usable clock when the rating goes to zero.
> > 
> > Override as the root user -> your foot, no? The whole override stuff is
> > there for the case that the clocksource selection picked a broken clock
> > and you want to force the system into a semi-working state. Ideally the
> > whole override would go away, but that is probably wishful thinking..
> 
> I would agree if the system doesn't crash as a result, if it just starts
> to operate funny then that's maybe acceptable. If you keep the change
> rating function, you could potentially remove the unregister path..

Why shouldn't it be possible to have a clocksource as a module? I think
that the unregister path should stay. To really make it work we'd need
a function to force the system out of the one-shot mode though.

-- 
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   Martin.

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