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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:59:53 -0800 From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> Subject: Re: [GIT pull] Timer core updates for 4.16 On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 12:48 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote: > > - A rather large rework of the hrtimer infrastructure which introduces > softirq based hrtimers to replace the spread of hrtimer/tasklet combos > which force the actual callback execution into softirq context. I really would have liked to see more of the rationale for this - now I'm left with just two example drivers, and a "you'll see the cleanups this allows in future driver pulls". But pulled, since the code doesn't look disgusting. Linus
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