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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
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On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Given that the tracer can give the same information, this patch entirely
> removes CONFIG_TIMER_STATS.
>
> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Acked-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>

Looks good to me. Let's wait for the 4.11 merge window though. I'm
assuming I'll get this through the tip timer tree..

               Linus