linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2016 07:49:26 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanvandeven@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, rt@...utronix.de,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	George Spelvin <linux@...encehorizons.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel

so is there really an issue? sounds like KISS principle can apply

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:56 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > 2) Cut off at 37hrs for HZ=1000. We could make this configurable as a 1000HZ
>> >    option so datacenter folks can use this and people who don't care and want
>> >    better batching for power can use the 4ms thingy.
>>
>>
>> if there really is one user of such long timers... could we possibly
>> make that one robust against early fire of the timer?
>>
>> eg rule is: if you set timers > 37 hours, you need to cope with early timer fire
>
> The only user I found is networking contrack (5 days). Eric thought its not a
> big problem if it fires earlier.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         tglx
>