On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:12:05 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.ta...@linux.intel.com> > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:24:28 +0300 > > > depends on X86_TSC > > Wait a second, I didn't notice this before. There needs to be a better > way to test for the accuracy you need, or if the issue is lack of a proper > API for cycle counter reading, fix that rather than add ugly arch > specific dependencies to generic networking code. This should be sched_clock(), rather than direct TSC access. Also any code using TSC or sched_clock has to be carefully audited to deal with clocks running at different rates on different CPU's. Basically value is only meaning full on same CPU. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
