Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932706AbVLBBZW (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:25:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932708AbVLBBZW (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:25:22 -0500 Received: from scrub.xs4all.nl ([194.109.195.176]:29405 "EHLO scrub.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932706AbVLBBZV (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:25:21 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 02:24:52 +0100 (CET) From: Roman Zippel X-X-Sender: roman@scrub.home To: Kyle Moffett cc: Steven Rostedt , johnstul@us.ibm.com, george@mvista.com, mingo@elte.hu, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , ray-gmail@madrabbit.org, Russell King Subject: Re: [patch 00/43] ktimer reworked In-Reply-To: <53ECF38B-8E27-4289-9DEA-06CA8374D97D@mac.com> Message-ID: References: <1133395019.32542.443.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <23CA09D3-4C11-4A4B-A5C6-3C38FA9C203D@mac.com> <2c0942db0512010822x1ae20622obf224ce9728e83f8@mail.gmail.com> <20051201165144.GC31551@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1133464097.7130.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> <91D50CB6-A9B0-4501-AAD2-7D80948E7367@mac.com> <53ECF38B-8E27-4289-9DEA-06CA8374D97D@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 764 Lines: 22 Hi, On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Kyle Moffett wrote: > My _point_ is that some code doesn't care about accuracy. That's not how it works, the timer wheel is accurate within its resolution. > A ktimer should be used where the common case is the timer being added and > expiring. A ktimeout should be used where the common case is the timer being > added and removed before it expires. Simple enough? As I said before there are other more important criteria. Check my mail to Steven, I'm not repeating it here. bye, Roman - 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/