linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/13] Turn hrtimers into a range capable timer

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Date:	Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:03:43 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	drepper@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...x.de
Subject: [PATCH 0/13] Turn hrtimers into a range capable timer

This series is a follow-on the the nanosecond select/poll series.

The goal of this series is to introduce the capability into hrtimers to
deal with a "range" rather than a specific point in time.
(Several people discussed this recently, but we've been toying with the
concept for a while)

In addition, in the last patch of the series, the patches make select()
and poll() use these range timers with a standard "slack" that comes
from
1) a per process task_struct value
2) a "the longer the sleep the more the slack" function that Linus wrote

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