Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261409AbVCUArr (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:47:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261404AbVCUArr (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:47:47 -0500 Received: from graphe.net ([209.204.138.32]:58886 "EHLO graphe.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261409AbVCUArl (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:47:41 -0500 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:47:33 -0800 (PST) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: christoph@server.graphe.net To: Andrew Morton cc: "Chen, Kenneth W" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] del_timer_sync scalability patch In-Reply-To: <20050320153446.32a9215a.akpm@osdl.org> Message-ID: References: <200503202319.j2KNJXg29946@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <20050320153446.32a9215a.akpm@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Score: -5.9 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 807 Lines: 20 On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > "Chen, Kenneth W" wrote: > > > > We did exactly the same thing about 10 months back. Nice to > > see that independent people came up with exactly the same > > solution that we proposed 10 months back. > > Well the same question applies. Christoph, which code is calling > del_timer_sync() so often that you noticed? Ummm. I have to ask those who brought this to my attention. Are you looking for the application under which del_timer_sync showed up in profiling or the kernel subsystem? - 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/