[Bug 50151] glibc 2.16 included a new function __ppc_get_timebase

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50151





--- Comment #2 from Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  2013-01-23 19:12:52 ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> What's the significance of the __" prefix in this function name?

It was a convention adopted for platform specific functions.
You may find more information in
http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Adding-Platform_002dspecific.html#Adding-Platform_002dspecific

> Is this function really intended for userspace?

Yes.

> Also, what about __ppc_get_timebase_freq(). Does it likewise need to be
> documented?

Yes. I'm also planning to prepare it's manpage.

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