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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix incorrectly named __kernel_get_tbfreq VDSO function
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:35 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: "Ryan S. Arnold" <ryan.arnold@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:07:30 -0600
>
>> This patch slipped through my 2.17 pre-freeze roundup for PowerPC but
>> it's a correctness issue.
>>
>> Without it Tulio Quites Machado's __ppc_get_timebase_freq function
>> ends up using the proc file system fallback for querying the timebase
>> frequency rather than the VSYSCALL, since the name doesn't match.
>>
>> I'd like to check this in for 2.17 (after verification of course).
>
> This is fine, please commit it.
There's something goofy happening during testing, so I'm going to see
if I can get to the bottom of it by tomorrow.