linux-kernel - Re: [patch] timer: Add a mod_timer

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Message-ID: <20091124101402.0214c919@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:14:02 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] timer: Add a mod_timer_msec() API function

> If there are a few timers which really need large and precise timeouts
> its easy enough to switch them over to hrtimers.
> 
> Thoughts ?

Seems good to me - also fits with the long term need to push the core
timer handling into the hypervisor when running lots of VMs as it will
make it easy to keep all the VM timers lined up with each other
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