lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Jul]   [22]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
DateMon, 21 Jul 2008 21:33:27 -0700
FromArjan van de Ven <>
SubjectRe: [RFC] schedule_timeout_range()
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:56:29 +1000
Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Rather than specific "deadline" values (which we can't guarantee
> anyway), or vague "can defer" values, I would prefer just a small
> selection of maybe orders of magnitude flags, maybe SECONDS,
> MILLISECONDS, MICROSECONDS which gives an amount of delay the kernel
> might add to the timer.

the problem is that many of these are "I'd like a timeout between 30
and ..eh 40 seconds" (think scsi timeouts or networkcard timeouts)

it's not just specific slack units.

> 
-- 
If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@linux.intel.com
For development, discussion and tips for power savings, 
visit http://www.lesswatts.org


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-07-22 06:37    [from the cache]
©2003-2008