linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] msleep() with hrtimers

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708061159370.1817@scrub.home>
Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:03:26 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] msleep() with hrtimers

Hi,

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> > There's no problem to provide a high resolution sleep, but there is also 
> > no reason to mess with msleep, don't fix what ain't broken...
> 
> John Corbet provided the patch because he had a problem with the current
> msleep... in that it didn't provide as good a common case as he
> wanted... so I think your statement is wrong ;)

Only under the assumptation, that msleep _must_ be "fixed" for all other 
current users too.
Give users a choice to use msleep or nanosleep, how do you know what's 
"best" for them?

bye, Roman
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