Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:04:24 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
       LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] create /proc/timer-wheel-list
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* Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:34:23PM -0500, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 05:11:13PM -0500, Joe Korty wrote:
> > > Create /proc/timer_wheel_list.
> > >
> > > This does for the timer wheel what /proc/timer_list
> > > does for hrtimers -- provide a way of displaying what
> > > timers are running on what cpus, and their attributes.
> > 
> > The fact that it's called a timer wheel is just an implementation detail
> > unsuitable for permanent file.
> 
> Agreed.  I'll come up with something else.  lrtimer_list is a good 
> candidate.

no - please include it in /proc/timer_list instead. It already lists 
clockevents and hrtimers - listing timer-list timers would be a 
natural extension of that facility.

	Ingo
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