Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:27:16 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 12/13] hrtimer: create a "timer_slack" field in the task struct |
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Hi!
> > and this makes really ugly interface. > > prctl() is ugly?
for something like this... yes.
> > > > ...plus it bloats task struct. > > > > ...where did the sys_indirect proposals go? We created new syscalls, > > right? > > ... which nobody uses today. > It's not just new syscalls, it's a new glibc api as well at that point.
...and new applications, yes. I believe applications should explicitely enable slacking timers. Pavel
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