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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	bob.picco@hp.com, venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.26-git] /dev/hpet - fixes and cleanup
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:57:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <488D7BFF.10005@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200807251258.59878.david-b@pacbell.net>

David Brownell wrote:
> ...
> Plus, add a FIXME comment for something that could cause big trouble
> on systems with more capable HPETs than at least Intel seems to ship.
> ...
> +
> +		/* FIXME this may trash both the system clocksource and
> +		 * the current clock event device!  Use HPET_TN_SETVAL
> +		 * instead, like arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c does ... never
> +		 * modify the counter, ever.
> +		 */
>  		m = read_counter(&hpet->hpet_mc);
>  		write_counter(t + m + hpetp->hp_delta, &timer->hpet_compare);

This comment seems to assume that the code below modifies the main
counter, which it doesn't.  Additionally, HPET_TN_SETVAL has the same
value as Tn_VAL_SET_CNF_MASK (from <linux/hpet.h>), which _is_ used.


Regards,
Clemens

  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-28  7:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-22 22:08 [patch 2.6.26] /dev/hpet - fixes and cleanup David Brownell
2008-07-23  7:44 ` Clemens Ladisch
2008-07-23 16:12   ` David Brownell
2008-07-23 16:50     ` David Brownell
2008-07-24 11:35     ` Clemens Ladisch
2008-07-25 19:55       ` David Brownell
2008-07-29 21:26         ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-25 19:58       ` [patch 2.6.26-git] " David Brownell
2008-07-28  7:57         ` Clemens Ladisch [this message]
2008-07-28  8:27           ` David Brownell
2008-07-28  9:10             ` Clemens Ladisch
2008-07-29 19:46               ` David Brownell
2008-07-29 19:47               ` [patch 2.6.27-rc1] " David Brownell
2008-07-31 16:46                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-31 16:55                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-31 19:59                     ` David Brownell
2008-07-31 20:50                       ` Ingo Molnar

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