Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756388AbXLSBrM (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:47:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753486AbXLSBqz (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:46:55 -0500 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.240]:21755 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753252AbXLSBqy (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:46:54 -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=kKMzaSiMrEGOgR06Hrtyj7vRajnYl2rOJE0mR27vT1OUbovTRAZil3kXuhh7ulITgMVHBIKteMc0UMyeP4/GqgQP+ngnuq9Qn+2BK+mzBYHC6jg0cPeSBmJEE46ykfpWy9Q5BRY9kvU246ikXemi7Yy2m/shWXflm9mK78tO/fs= Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:46:48 -0500 (EST) From: Parag Warudkar X-X-Sender: parag@mini.warudkars.net Reply-To: parag.warudkar@gmail.com To: linux.nics@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: [PATCH] e1000: Use deferrable timer for 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: 909 Lines: 21 Use deferrable timer for watchdog. Reduces wakeups from idle per second. Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar --- linux-2.6/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c 2007-12-07 10:04:39.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6-work/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c 2007-12-18 20:38:38.000000000 -0500 @@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ adapter->tx_fifo_stall_timer.function = &e1000_82547_tx_fifo_stall; adapter->tx_fifo_stall_timer.data = (unsigned long) adapter; - init_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer); + init_timer_deferrable(&adapter->watchdog_timer); adapter->watchdog_timer.function = &e1000_watchdog; adapter->watchdog_timer.data = (unsigned long) adapter; -- 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/