Messages in this thread | | | From | Harald Geyer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/7] timekeeping: Provide new API to get the current time resolution | Date | Wed, 20 May 2015 20:55:45 +0200 |
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John Stultz writes: > > I was thinking that the variable hrtimer_resolution, that Thomas > > introduced in > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/include/linux/hrtimer.h?h=timers/wip&id=03eeacdb07e2fdfc4ef311c2593286c92eba609c > > is meant to provide the same information. I haven't looked into this > > in detail yet, so I might be wrong, but it is on my todo list for > > after it appears in the trees I work with... > > Well, I don't think the above covers the same usage, since one is the > hrtimer resolution (which we expose to userspace via the posix timers > interface) vs the timekeeping/clocksource resolution (which we don't > intend to expose to userspace).
Ok, hrtimer resolution is not updated when we change clocksource. Seems like I misinterpreted something when I read the series.
> That said, if you're not sure if this patch is still necessary, I'm > happy to drop it, since your iio code was the only potential user so > far. :)
Looks like my patch is still needed... :(
Thanks, Harald
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