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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:14:24 +0100 (CET)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Torben Hohn <torbenh@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: make arch code use xtime_update() instead of do_timer() 
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Torben Hohn wrote:
 
> move do_timer() into kernel/time/timekeeping.c
> and provide a version which properly takes the xtime_lock()
> 
> finally makes do_timer() and xtime_lock into a header file
> private to kernel/time
> 
> xtime_lock is still used by kernel/hrtimer.c and kernel/time.c
> i am not sure, whether the small header file is the right
> thing though.

get_jiffies_64() and the jiffies export should move into
kernel/time/jiffies.c

The hrtimer bits should be replaced by a function in timekeeping.c
which collects xtime and wall_to_monotonic.

Thanks,

	tglx