Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264727AbUF1Fu5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:50:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264897AbUF1FuT (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:50:19 -0400 Received: from pimout2-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.101]:21965 "EHLO pimout2-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264781AbUF1Fme (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:42:34 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:42:27 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Matthias Urlichs Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH] Fix the cpumask rewrite Message-ID: <20040628054227.GB4025@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <1088266111.1943.15.camel@mulgrave> <20040626221802.GA12296@taniwha.stupidest.org> <1088290477.3790.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040627000541.GA13325@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040627224115.GA22532@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040628012407.GC4648@kiste> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040628012407.GC4648@kiste> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 729 Lines: 18 On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 03:24:07AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > A simple __get_jiffies() implementation could just set up a > 1/HZ-second timer (and busy-wait for it, and increase its internal > jiffies counter) every tenth call or so. That would probably slow > down the whole system somewhat, but I'd assume it'd mostly work. I think the approach is to look at _why_ people need jiffies and change this to a cleaner less low-level API using accessor functions/macros. --cw - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/