| Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/xen/time: set ->min_delta_ticks and ->max_delta_ticks | From | Juergen Gross <> | Date | Tue, 11 Apr 2017 07:09:17 +0200 |
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On 30/03/17 22:06, Nicolai Stange wrote: > In preparation for making the clockevents core NTP correction aware, > all clockevent device drivers must set ->min_delta_ticks and > ->max_delta_ticks rather than ->min_delta_ns and ->max_delta_ns: a > clockevent device's rate is going to change dynamically and thus, the > ratio of ns to ticks ceases to stay invariant. > > Make the x86 arch's xen clockevent driver initialize these fields properly. > > This patch alone doesn't introduce any change in functionality as the > clockevents core still looks exclusively at the (untouched) ->min_delta_ns > and ->max_delta_ns. As soon as this has changed, a followup patch will > purge the initialization of ->min_delta_ns and ->max_delta_ns from this > driver. > > Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com>
Applied to xen/tip for-linus-4.12
Thanks,
Juergen
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