The locking of the xtime_lock around the cpu notifier is unessesary now. At one time the tsc was used after a frequency change for timekeeping, but the re-write of timekeeping no longer uses the TSC unless the frequency is constant.
The variables that are changed in this section of code had also once been used for timekeeping, but not any longer .. Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.20/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.20.orig/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c +++ linux-2.6.20/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c @@ -200,13 +200,10 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_bl { struct cpufreq_freqs *freq = data; - if (val != CPUFREQ_RESUMECHANGE && val != CPUFREQ_SUSPENDCHANGE) - write_seqlock_irq(&xtime_lock); - if (!ref_freq) { if (!freq->old){ ref_freq = freq->new; - goto end; + return 0; } ref_freq = freq->old; loops_per_jiffy_ref = cpu_data[freq->cpu].loops_per_jiffy; @@ -237,9 +234,6 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_bl } } } -end: - if (val != CPUFREQ_RESUMECHANGE && val != CPUFREQ_SUSPENDCHANGE) - write_sequnlock_irq(&xtime_lock); return 0; } -- -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/