Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:36:02 -0800 | | From | "john stultz" <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 16/22 -v2] add get_monotonic_cycles |
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On Jan 16, 2008 6:56 AM, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> wrote: > If you really want an seqlock free algorithm (I _do_ want this for > tracing!) :) maybe going in the RCU direction could help (I refer to my > RCU-based 32-to-64 bits lockless timestamp counter extension, which > could be turned into the clocksource updater).
Yea. After our earlier discussion and talking w/ Steven, I'm taking a swing at this now. The lock-free method still doesn't apply to the update_wall_time function, but does work fine for the monotonic cycle uses. I'll send a patch for review as soon as I get things building.
thanks -john
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