From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3643AC433ED for ; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:41:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03DE2610C8 for ; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235589AbhDQXlB (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Apr 2021 19:41:01 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:52708 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229865AbhDQXlA (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Apr 2021 19:41:00 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95289610C8; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:40:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1618702829; bh=VgV9ikKq0R4LGvajS9HYOiMJP4jAPJgDL9L+rKl6+Yc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Reply-To:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=lrtLt0webkK4ldlBG7p2Xc5BOOhaaGye25ivRhZedKgs/icf5b8yX6SP/+/TX3uwN nPePK6gL0Jm05mALxYeLj59jz7TZjYFXUqMsMXgcQ4qNmWtgRT0MW18cUptTqQIkN9 SMKfxdxY5l5OWi3Xpeozw5BOAR7moZB9swfHp2DHWC+nvXGyG+muQazMSRVdmP3WDa qvccG3a7M/EI6k5hEp63K/q2SWMgVULyCGyRT+pgJhS/x5261UQDKQqOx0PApZFR6u uI3/MyYb5ube8MU1C/PZCW1sz33APXRGjhriUwekgCxWo0sxlNAReHeqOhSBoC/E6S UGxSQv8ana2qQ== Received: by paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 646E95C051E; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:40:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:40:28 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, john.stultz@linaro.org, sboyd@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, Mark.Rutland@arm.com, maz@kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com, neeraju@codeaurora.org, ak@linux.intel.com, Chris Mason Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 clocksource 2/5] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected Message-ID: <20210417234028.GB5006@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1> Reply-To: paulmck@kernel.org References: <20210414043435.GA2812539@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1> <20210414043602.2812981-2-paulmck@kernel.org> <87y2dhrte0.ffs@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> <20210417225409.GA5006@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1> <87eef8sdtd.ffs@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87eef8sdtd.ffs@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 01:15:26AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17 2021 at 15:54, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 02:24:23PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > >> I so wish we could just delete all of this horror instead of making it > >> more horrible. > > > > Revisit deleting it in five years if there are no issues, whatever > > "issue" might mean in this context? Five years should give time for > > this to propagate to the enterprise distros. > > That does not help with the fact that the broken hardware will still be > around in 5 years from now. Which is what prevents me from deleting the > whole watchdog muck ... Ouch! Sigh... Thanx, Paul