Re: 2.3.39 compile errors on Alpha

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 12:08, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> this is a known issue, the following patch (already in Linus' BK tree)
> fixes it:
> 
> --- linux-2.5.35-VIRGIN/drivers/atm/atmtcp.c	2002-08-24 00:08:21.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.5.35/drivers/atm/atmtcp.c	2002-09-16 21:04:30.000000000 -0700
> @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
>  		result = -ENOBUFS;
>  		goto done;
>  	}
> -	new_skb->stamp = xtime;
> +	do_gettimeofday(&new_skb->stamp);

Is this actually safe - suppose the machine has no tsc counter (eg old
x86 or indeed new x86 numa, speedstep using, etc). In that case
do_gettimeofday doesn't appear to be either IRQ safe or fast enough to
use in this way ?

Alan