Re: [PATCH v5] MIPS: Add a high resolution sched_clock() via cnt32_to_63().

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On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 21:15 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello, I wrote:
> 
> >> From: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> >> (This v5 revision incorporates with the feedbacks from Ingo.)
> 
> >> This patch adds a cnt32_to_63() and MIPS c0 count based sched_clock(),
> >> which provides high resolution. and also, one new kernel option
> >> (HR_SCHED_CLOCK) is added to enable/disable this sched_clock().
> 
> >> Without it, the Ftrace for MIPS will give useless timestamp information.
> 
> >> Because cnt32_to_63() needs to be called at least once per half period
> >> to work properly, Differ from the old version, this v2 revision set up a
> >> kernel timer to ensure the requirement of some MIPSs which have short c0
> >> count period.
> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> >> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k-hres.c 
> >> b/arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k-hres.c
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..2fe8be7
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k-hres.c
> > 
> > 
> >    I don't think this is really good name for this file (one might think 
> > that this is another implementation of clocksource instead of some 
> > sched_clock() code tied to this particular clocksource), and I don't 
> 
>     Seriously, if this file have to live a life of its own, name it like 
> sched-r4k.c but not the way you named it -- this is not another clocksource 
> module...
> 

Hello, Sergei Shtylyov, I will use hres_sched_clock.c instead of
sched-r4k.c, is it okay?

Hi, Ralf, which one will you apply? If hres_sched_clock.c is okay, I
will resend it asap.
 
Thakns & Regards,
	Wu Zhangjin



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