Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Feb 2017 15:30:27 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS |
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On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 11:54:30AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote: > > > > Given that the tracer can give the same information, this patch entirely > > removes CONFIG_TIMER_STATS. > > > > Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > > Acked-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> > > Looks good to me. Let's wait for the 4.11 merge window though. I'm > assuming I'll get this through the tip timer tree..
From a quick look at the source, powertop uses this file, and appears to handle it gracefully if it fails to open, but it will lose functionality to determine if a timer is deferred.
Dave
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