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Message-ID: <a24804730905170050m16bfb81cj6c9ee4c99ac9d08f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 00:50:55 -0700 From: Chris Peterson <cpeterso@...terso.com> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de Subject: Re: [RFC] mod_timer() helper functions? >> Reviewing the kernel's nearly one-thousand calls to mod_timer(), there >> are three basic patterns: >> >> * multi-second timeouts >> * millisecond timeouts >> * +1 jiffie ASAP events >> Is there a functional difference between the following "expire this timer ASAP" statements? mod_timer(timer, jiffies + 1); /* 48 uses */ mod_timer(timer, jiffies); /* 44 uses */ mod_timer(timer, jiffies - 1); /* 6 uses */ chris -- 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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