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SubjectRe: [patch 08/15] x86/vdso: Move VDSO clocksource state tracking to callback
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On 14.01.20 19:52, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> All architectures which use the generic VDSO code have their own storage
> for the VDSO clock mode. That's pointless and just requires duplicate code.
>
> X86 abuses the function which retrieves the architecture specific clock
> mode storage to mark the clocksource as used in the VDSO. That's silly
> because this is invoked on every tick when the VDSO data is updated.
>
> Move this functionality to the clocksource::enable() callback so it gets
> invoked once when the clocksource is installed. This allows to make the
> clock mode storage generic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> (Xen parts)


Juergen

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