Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754759AbYBRIEq (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:04:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754658AbYBRID7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:03:59 -0500 Received: from gate.cdi.cz ([80.95.109.117]:43272 "EHLO luxik.cdi.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753920AbYBRID5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:03:57 -0500 Message-ID: <47B93BE8.7010905@cdi.cz> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:03:52 +0100 From: Martin Devera User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Miller CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kaber@trash.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24 1/1] sch_htb: fix "too many events" situation References: <20080217.232829.222344360.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20080217.232829.222344360.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Spam-Report: * -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 844 Lines: 21 >> up to single jiffy interval and then delay remainder to other >> jiffy. >> >> Signed-off-by: Martin Devera > > I think we would be wise to use something other than loops_per_jiffy. > > Depending upon the loop calibration method used by a particular > architecture it can me one of many different things. > > Some platforms don't even make use of it and thus leave it at it's aha, ok, I'm not so informed about crossplatform issues. I was also thining about looking at jiffies value and stop once it is startjiffy+2, but with NO_HZ introduction, are jiffies still incremented ? -- 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/