linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] Timer core updates for 4.16

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFy6FX6Ewg9exGH12PWnzSNKBfmc--v6H6UYpcSAEWUR8A@mail.gmail.com>
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