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Date: 08 Aug 2007 13:55:28 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] msleep() with hrtimers
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
>
> I'd be surprised if there was significant overhead - the maximum frequency
> at which msleep() can be called is 1000Hz. We'd need an awful lot of
> overhead for that to cause problems, surely?
The bigger risk is probably to break drivers that rely on msleep(1)
really being msleep( very long depending on HZ )
But the only way to find out is to try it.
-Andi
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