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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:46:17 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block core: use round_jiffies on timer to reduce
	wakeups

On Tue, Nov 10 2009, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> 
> Use round_jiffies() variant to schedule the timer along with
> other timer wakeups on the same CPU.
> 
> Source file also needs to include jiffies.h since it uses
> functions or macros from it.

round_jiffies() rounds to the next second, that's way too far away for
an event that should trigger within msecs.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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