Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:46:43 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [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/
| |