From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933710AbZHEIHG (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Aug 2009 04:07:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752768AbZHEIHF (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Aug 2009 04:07:05 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:48977 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751437AbZHEIHD (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Aug 2009 04:07:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 10:06:47 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: "Tan, Wei Chong" Cc: Linus Torvalds , John Stultz , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Additional x86 fixes for 2.6.31-rc5 Message-ID: <20090805080647.GC30307@elte.hu> References: <200907311813.n6VIDe9S023442@voreg.hos.anvin.org> <20090731195705.GA12270@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Tan, Wei Chong wrote: > > Here's a suggested replacement - BUT NOTE THAT IT'S ENTIRELY > > UNTESTED! > > > > (Ok, so the patch is bigger than it strictly needs to be - I > > hate repeating code, so I made that 'read PIT counter twice and > > compare MSB' be a new helper routine) > > > > Hmm? What do you guys think? > > Hi, > > We are performing some test on the patch and will keep everyone > posted with the progress soon. Thanks. I've zapped the original patch from x86/urgent. Linus's patch certainly looks feasible for .31 if it solves the problem and if we can merge it in the next few days. Ingo