Re: [PATCH 1/2] non-string based tsc unstable reasons

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On Saturday 12 May 2007 17:43:45 Daniel Walker wrote:
> Just passing a string to mark_tsc_unstable() doesn't allow real code to change
> based on the reason for the instablility. I changed mark_tsc_unstable()
> to accept a string and a flag which denotes a general reason why the tsc
> is unstable, and can be evaluated in code.
> 
> This is based off John Stultz patch to add the string reasons.

This seems ugly -- it would be better to just do whatever needs to
be doing in the caller instead of passing down a enum and then switch.

And why do you really need it anyways?

-Andi
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