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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>,
	stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] rtc: Limit frequency
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:05:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110722150550.1878f069.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110722091045.537404938@linutronix.de>

On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:12:51 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> The RTC hrtimer is self rearming. We really need to limit the
> frequency to something sensible.

> Cc: stable@kernel.org

Why?  What failures does the current code cause?  What effect do these
failures have upon users?



  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-22 22:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-22  9:12 [patch 0/3] rtc: Assorted bug fixes Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22  9:12 ` [patch 1/3] rtc: Handle errors correctly in rtc_irq_set_state() Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22 22:04   ` Andrew Morton
2011-07-23  7:15     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22  9:12 ` [patch 2/3] rtc: Fix hrtimer deadlock Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22 22:11   ` Andrew Morton
2011-07-23  7:22     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22  9:12 ` [patch 3/3] rtc: Limit frequency Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22 22:05   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2011-07-22 22:39     ` [stable] " Willy Tarreau
2011-08-05  3:39       ` Joshua Kinard
2011-08-05  9:04         ` John Stultz
2011-08-06  7:28           ` Joshua Kinard
2011-07-23  7:17     ` Thomas Gleixner

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