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To: Erik Bosman <ebn310@few.vu.nl>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add prctl commands PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
References: <Pine.GSO.4.56.0804111850060.16609@keg.few.vu.nl>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:07:33 +0200
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.56.0804111850060.16609@keg.few.vu.nl> (Erik Bosman's message of "Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:54:17 +0200 (CEST)")
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Erik Bosman <ebn310@few.vu.nl> writes:

>     This patch adds prctl commands that make it possible
>     to deny the execution of timestamp counters in userspace.
>     If this is not implemented on a specific architecture,
>     prctl will return -EINVAL.

You forgot to state why you need that? 

-Andi