Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759593AbXLSA4Y (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:56:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754469AbXLSA4R (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:56:17 -0500 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.179]:47879 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754389AbXLSA4Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:56:16 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:x-x-sender:reply-to:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type; b=R35f7WzcbDsImF6BJ1mkT/bG2jB+dQyq3wVSjoEAM6/sryp9JTxEMuJfFjW1t6lkOm21ZGBDc9byIbjbfX83iNdsNR+fBzjMtyWmCBPpjdESv+Yi1iS88ymiPS8enEQFBWp1En7iowu2AvSr0TCVuVrqr3EZva7QM54v6Lwjzkk= Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:56:11 -0500 (EST) From: Parag Warudkar X-X-Sender: parag@mini.warudkars.net Reply-To: parag.warudkar@gmail.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, johnstul@us.ibm.com Subject: [PATCH] clocksource.c: Use init_timer_deferrable for clocksource_watchdog Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 808 Lines: 22 clocksource_watchdog can use a deferrable timer - reduces wakeups from idle per second. Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar --- linux-2.6/kernel/time/clocksource.c 2007-12-07 10:04:43.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6-work/kernel/time/clocksource.c 2007-12-13 12:49:14.000000000 -0500 @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ if (watchdog) del_timer(&watchdog_timer); watchdog = cs; - init_timer(&watchdog_timer); + init_timer_deferrable(&watchdog_timer); watchdog_timer.function = clocksource_watchdog; /* Reset watchdog cycles */ -- 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/