From: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hpe.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <x86@kernel.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>,
Scott J Norton <scott.norton@hpe.com>,
Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@hpe.com>,
Randy Wright <rwright@hpe.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v6] x86/hpet: Reduce HPET counter read contention
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 13:10:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57CEF892.3090301@hpe.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1609061749250.5647@nanos>
On 09/06/2016 11:50 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, Waiman Long wrote:
>> This is done by using a combination word with a sequence number and
>> a bit lock. The CPU that gets the bit lock will be responsible for
>> reading the HPET counter and update the sequence number. The others
>> will monitor the change in sequence number and grab the HPET counter
>> value accordingly. This change is only enabled on SMP configuration.
> That hardly matches the implementation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> tglx
Sorry, I forgot to update the change log accordingly. Will send out a
new patch to address that.
Cheers,
Longman
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-06 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-06 15:27 [RESEND PATCH v6] x86/hpet: Reduce HPET counter read contention Waiman Long
2016-09-06 15:33 ` Prarit Bhargava
2016-09-06 15:45 ` Waiman Long
2016-09-06 15:50 ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-09-06 17:10 ` Waiman Long [this message]
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