Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:04:23 -0500 (EST) | From | Parag Warudkar <> | Subject | [PATCH] sch_generic.c: Make dev_watchdog use deferrable timer |
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Reduces the number of wakeups from idle per second, makes powertop happy.
Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@gmail.com>
--- linux-2.6/net/sched/sch_generic.c 2007-12-07 10:04:43.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6-work/net/sched/sch_generic.c 2007-12-16 17:57:05.000000000 -0500 @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
static void dev_watchdog_init(struct net_device *dev) { - init_timer(&dev->watchdog_timer); + init_timer_deferrable(&dev->watchdog_timer); dev->watchdog_timer.data = (unsigned long)dev; dev->watchdog_timer.function = dev_watchdog; }
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