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Message-ID: <87pn9drmfl.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 03 Jul 2020 11:13:18 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 10/10] timer: Lower base clock forwarding threshold

Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 05:14:23PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> 
>> The reason for this < 2 is historical and goes back to the oddities of
>> the original timer wheel before the big rewrite.
>
> Ok. And is it still needed today or can we now forward even with a 1 delta?

I haven't found anything which requires it. But be aware of dragons ....

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