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SubjectRe: [patch] timers: add mod_timer_pending()

* Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> To accelerate matters i've committed the new API patch into a new
>> standalone topic branch: tip:timers/new-apis.
>>
>> Unless there are objections or test failures, you (or Stephen or
>> David) can then git-pull it into the networking tree via the Git
>> coordinates below - and you'll get this single commit in a surgical
>> manner - no other timer changes are included.
>>
>> Doing so has the advantage of:
>>
>> - You not having to wait a kernel cycle for the API to go
>> upstream.
>>
>> - You can also push it upstream without waiting for the timer tree.
>> (the timer tree and the networking tree will share the exact same
>> commit)
>>
>> - It will also all merge cleanly with the timer tree in linux-next,
>> etc.
>>
>> I'd suggest to do it in about a week, to make sure any after effects
>> have trickled down and to make sure the topic has become append-only.
>> You can ping Thomas and me about testing/review status then, whenever
>> you want to do the pull.
>
> Thanks Ingo. I'll wait for Stephen to rebase his patches on
> top of your change and the test results and will let you know.

Stress-testing here in the last ~2 hours on eight x86 test-boxes
showed no problems so far.

Ingo


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