Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] introduce macro spin_event_timeout()

From: Timur Tabi <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 15:55:38 -0500

Kumar Gala wrote:

> I wouldn't call it spin_event_timeout as its a bit too generic of a  
> name for something that is arch specific.

Well, I'm hoping it won't be arch-specific forever.  I'd like to see
other architectures implement something like tb_ticks_per_usec.  I'm
only tackling PowerPC for now.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale