linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] select: make select() use schedule

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Message-Id: <200808291736.09400.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:36:08 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...x.de,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] select: make select() use schedule_hrtimeout()

On Friday 29 August 2008, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> This is only done for delays shorter than 1 second; currently
> the assumption is that longer delays have no desire to get the
> higher accuracy.

What is the tradeoff here? Where is the advantage in using the
traditional timer interface for longer timeouts?

	Arnd <><
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