On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 05:54:02PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > So why expose these extra bases at all, why not stick another flag in > > > MODE? These extra bases is a pure implementation detail imo; you could > > > equally implement the functionality without (albeit at extra cost). > > Right and that cost too high.
Yes, no question about that. > > It was Thomas' request not to use a flag for this. > > We can make that a flag as well. There is no hard requirement for making it > a CLOCK. Peter is right that it's a pure internal implementation detail and > we can hide it from the outside world. Yeah, that was my point.
