Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] perf: use hrtimer for event multiplexing

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Mon Mar 25 2013 - 08:21:14 EST


2013/3/25 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Fri, 2013-03-22 at 14:54 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>> And I have to say this patch is going to be very useful for the full
>> dynticks tree. We are happy to get rid of that tick hook.
>
> I'm sorry to have to disappoint, but the tick hook is still there ;-),
> its just no longer used for counter rotation. Of course we have
> multiple uses for the tick, what did you think :-)
>

Haha!
Bah, at least some significant part of the work is pulled outside the hook :)
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