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SubjectRe: [patch V2 07/38] posix-cpu-timers: Rename thread_group_cputimer() and make it static
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 09:08:54PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> thread_group_cputimer() is a complete misnomer. The function does two things:
>
> - For arming process wide timers it makes sure that the atomic time
> storage is up to date. If no cpu timer is armed yet, then the atomic
> time storage is not updated by the scheduler for performance reasons.
>
> In that case a full summing up of all threads needs to be done and the
> update needs to be enabled.
>
> - Samples the current time into the caller supplied storage.
>
> Rename it to thread_group_start_cputime(), make it static and fixup the
> callsite.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>

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