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From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/12] arm: vdso: enforce monotonic and realtime as
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On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 03:25:28PM -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
> Ensure monotonic and realtime are inline, small price to pay for
> high volume common request.

Is this just based on a hunch, or is it based on proper measurement?
If proper measurement, where's the data?  What CPU was it measured
with?  How does this change affect other CPUs?

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