The patch titled i386 tsc: remove xtime_lock'ing around cpufreq notifier has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was i386-tsc-remove-xtime_locking-around-cpufreq-notifier.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: i386 tsc: remove xtime_lock'ing around cpufreq notifier From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> The locking of the xtime_lock around the cpu notifier is unessesary now. At one time the tsc was used after a frequency change for timekeeping, but the re-write of timekeeping no longer uses the TSC unless the frequency is constant. The variables that are changed in this section of code had also once been used for timekeeping, but not any longer .. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c~i386-tsc-remove-xtime_locking-around-cpufreq-notifier arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c --- a/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c~i386-tsc-remove-xtime_locking-around-cpufreq-notifier +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c @@ -144,13 +144,10 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_bl { struct cpufreq_freqs *freq = data; - if (val != CPUFREQ_RESUMECHANGE && val != CPUFREQ_SUSPENDCHANGE) - write_seqlock_irq(&xtime_lock); - if (!ref_freq) { if (!freq->old){ ref_freq = freq->new; - goto end; + return 0; } ref_freq = freq->old; loops_per_jiffy_ref = cpu_data[freq->cpu].loops_per_jiffy; @@ -176,9 +173,6 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_bl } } } -end: - if (val != CPUFREQ_RESUMECHANGE && val != CPUFREQ_SUSPENDCHANGE) - write_sequnlock_irq(&xtime_lock); return 0; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch git-acpi.patch sched-consolidate-sched_clock-drift-adjustments.patch sched-consolidate-sched_clock-drift-adjustments-fix.patch slim-make-and-config-stuff.patch profile-likely-unlikely-macros.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html