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SubjectRE: [PATCH] provide hrtimer exports for module use [Was: Exports for hrtimer APIs]
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On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 14:11 -0800, Stone, Joshua I wrote:
> Sure - SystemTap uses timers to provide an asynchronous probe during
> module execution. This might be utilized for polling kernel states, for
> flushing trace data, and perhaps other similar uses. Currently we're
> using the main timer APIs - add_timer, mod_timer, etc.
>
> My motivation for moving to hrtimer is because of what I read in its
> documentation - basically that the timer wheel is best for timeout cases
> which are rarely recascaded. The way SystemTap uses timers is more for
> defining intervals, and they are always cascaded until the module is
> complete. The hrtimers seem more suited to this methodology.

What means "more for defining intervals" ? Which intervals (period in
ms)? What are the timers used for ?

tglx


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