Re: jiffies_64 vs. jiffies

[Nick Piggin]

Atsushi Nemoto wrote:

> @@ -924,8 +924,7 @@ static inline void update_times(void)
>  
>  void do_timer(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> -	jiffies_64++;
> -	update_times();
> +	update_times(++jiffies_64);
>  	softlockup_tick(regs);
>  }
>  

jiffies_64 is not volatile so you should not have to obfuscate
the code like this.

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