Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262784AbVDASva (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:51:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262860AbVDAStT (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:49:19 -0500 Received: from fmr23.intel.com ([143.183.121.15]:27568 "EHLO scsfmr003.sc.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262856AbVDASpJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:45:09 -0500 Message-Id: <200504011844.j31IiNg01909@unix-os.sc.intel.com> From: "Chen, Kenneth W" To: "'Andrew Morton'" , "Linus Torvalds" Cc: , , , Subject: RE: [RFC][PATCH] timers fixes/improvements Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:44:23 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcU26TfIV2xSWrNQRxyjKxy7untfrwAAVSnw In-Reply-To: <20050401103235.1fcea9f0.akpm@osdl.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1032 Lines: 26 Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > > > This patch replaces and updates 6 timer patches which are currently > > in -mm tree. This version does not play games with __TIMER_PENDING > > bit, so incremental patch is not suitable. It is against 2.6.12-rc1. > > Please comment. I am sending pseudo code in a separate message for > > easier review. > > Looks ok by me. Andrew, should we let it cook in -mm, or what? > Andrew Morton wrote on Friday, April 01, 2005 10:33 AM > Sure. Christoph and (I think) Ken have been seeing mysterious misbehaviour > which _might_ be due to Oleg's first round of timer patches. I assume C&K > will test this new patch? Yes, we saw kernel hang with previous timer patches. I will give this one a try. - 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/