Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756729Ab1EKQAV (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2011 12:00:21 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:54148 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756587Ab1EKP6r (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2011 11:58:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [tip:timers/core] timerfd: Allow timers to be cancelled when clock was set From: Peter Zijlstra To: Kay Sievers Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, johnstul@us.ibm.com, davidel@xmailserver.org, virtuoso@slind.org, tglx@linutronix.de, chris.friesen@genband.com, kirill@shutemov.name, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1305109433.2914.208.camel@laptop> <1305121541.2914.213.camel@laptop> <1305122518.2914.224.camel@laptop> <1305124250.2914.225.camel@laptop> <1305125333.2914.229.camel@laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 17:11:20 +0200 Message-ID: <1305126680.2914.238.camel@laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 744 Lines: 18 On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 16:53 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: > > > Dunno, an eventfd that triggers every time someone calls adjtime() and > > related? > > I think, we are exactly not interested in adjtime() calls, but only in > jumps in wall clock time. adjtime(), adjtimex() and settimeofday() are afaik the only ways to make walltime jump. Anyway what are you arguing about, don't you want the notification or do you insist on making the kernel slower for the 3 people who care about this daftness? -- 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/