Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756185AbXLTUEl (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:04:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754709AbXLTUEX (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:04:23 -0500 Received: from mga07.intel.com ([143.182.124.22]:35243 "EHLO azsmga101.ch.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754589AbXLTUEU (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:04:20 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,191,1196668800"; d="scan'208";a="346337398" Message-ID: <476AC59B.1090702@linux.intel.com> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:42:19 +0100 From: Arjan van de Ven User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kok, Auke" CC: Stephen Hemminger , parag.warudkar@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: Use deferrable timer for watchdog References: <20071220091603.0d69b045@deepthought> <823114761-1198171803-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-937108990-@bxe019.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <20071220095121.7859c023@deepthought> <476ABDDF.8080607@intel.com> <476ABE7D.60901@linux.intel.com> <476AC105.9090206@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <476AC105.9090206@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 546 Lines: 14 Kok, Auke wrote: > ok, that's just bad and if there's no user-defineable limit to the deferral I > definately don't like this change. > > Can I safely assume that any irq will cause all deferred timers to run? *on that cpu*. Timers are per cpu, as are interrupts. Just not per se the same one ... -- 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/