lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2005]   [Oct]   [19]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]   [less markup]   [headers]   [forward]  
 
Messages in this thread
/
DateWed, 19 Oct 2005 08:46:43 +0200
FromIngo Molnar <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] ktimers subsystem 2.6.14-rc2-kt5
* Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> > and no, ktimers are not "optimized for process usage" (or tied to 
> > whatever other process notion, as i said before), they are optimized 
> > for:
> > 
> >  - the delivery of time related events
> > 
> > as contrasted to the timeout-API (a'ka "timer wheel") code in 
> > kernel/timers.c that is optimized towards:
> > 
> >  - the fast adding/removal of timers
> > 
> > without too much focus on robust and deterministic delivery of events.
> 
> You forgot the main property of high resolution, which implies a 
> higher maintainance cost.

what did i forget? I did not mention "high resolution" anywhere. And 
what precisely do you mean by "higher maintainance cost"?

	Ingo
-
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/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-10-19 06:53    [W:0.440 / U:0.550 seconds]
©2003-2008 Jasper Spaans