Re: [RFC] clocksouce implementation for powerpc

On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 21:20 +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

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+void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
+{
+	timer_recalc_offset(tb_last_jiffy);
+	timer_check_rtc();
+}

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Hmm .. This doesn't look like it's taking into account that the time has
changed ..

    Why? By the time it gets called (form the timer softirq context) 

It is called from interrupt context at least in mainline. Only the -rt
patch moves this to the softirq.

	tglx