linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 0/3] RFC: using hrtimers for in-kernel timeouts

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Date:	Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:20:24 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 0/3] RFC: using hrtimers for in-kernel timeouts

I've played around with the new timer statistics to see which timers might
benefit of being moved from traditional timers to hrtimers.

Since my understanding is that timer_list timers are not really meant to
expire, this seems to include a lot of what comes in through
schedule_timeout, in particular select() and futex wait.

I have no idea if what I was attempting is even the right approach to
start with, but I want to share the patches in case it is ;-).

Maybe someone is interested in running some low-level benchmarks on this
or point out any bugs in the code.

	Arnd <><

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