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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:27:37 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: "Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...il.com> Cc: "Pavel Machek" <pavel@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, dwmw2@...radead.org, drepper@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...x.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/13] hrtimer: create a "timer_slack" field in the task struct On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:21:26 -0700 "Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...il.com> wrote: > The prctl() way plus a default non-zero value is the best way for > legacy apps. And you'll hopefully get your wish that apps will take > fate into their own hand by specifying the slack themselves. Arjan's > proposal also introduces new poll/select-like interface which take the > additional slack value (at least that's what we discussed before). I have not posted the code for this yet (the patch set is huge already :0) but yes it's going to happen. You and I do need to figure out what a sensible interface will be for these ;-) -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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