linux-kernel - Re: tickless and HZ=1000 throughput advantage?

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Date:	Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:12:29 +1000
From:	Ben Nizette <bn@...sdigital.com>
To:	Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@...il.com>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tickless and HZ=1000 throughput advantage?

On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 18:50 +0100, Daniel J Blueman wrote:

> Agreed. Do you think there is still a small case for moving to HZ=1000
> (given it's effectively free) in situations like:

Sure HZ=1000 gives you more accurate sleeps, that's kind of the point,
but since when has it been "effectively free"?
http://lwn.net/Articles/331607/

	--Ben.

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