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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:22:13 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch 0/9] x86_64: reliable TSC-based gettimeofday
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On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:59:52 +0100 jbohac@suse.cz wrote:

> TSC-based x86_64 timekeeping implementation

I worry about the relationship between this work and all the time-management
changes in -mm.  If Andi to were to merge all this stuff under that then I
expect various catastrophes would ensue.

Have you checked to determine the severity of the overlaps?