Re: [PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-20 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Donnerstag, den 20.02.2014, 15:10 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > On 02/19/2014 01:09 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > > > This kind of helper must be integrated into glibc, for x86 64 bit and > > PowerPC it is already there. > > > > Who is doing the glibc work? > I don't know. I hoped this

Re: [PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-20 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 02/19/2014 01:09 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > This kind of helper must be integrated into glibc, for x86 64 bit and > PowerPC it is already there. > Who is doing the glibc work? -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a

Re: [PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-20 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 02/19/2014 01:09 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: This kind of helper must be integrated into glibc, for x86 64 bit and PowerPC it is already there. Who is doing the glibc work? -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to

Re: [PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-20 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Donnerstag, den 20.02.2014, 15:10 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: On 02/19/2014 01:09 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: This kind of helper must be integrated into glibc, for x86 64 bit and PowerPC it is already there. Who is doing the glibc work? I don't know. I hoped this would be

[PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-19 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way,

[PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-19 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way,