netdev - Re: [PATCH] sky2: Use deferrable timer for watchdog

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Message-ID: <476AC59B.1090702@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:42:19 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
CC:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	parag.warudkar@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: Use deferrable timer for watchdog

Kok, Auke wrote:

> ok, that's just bad and if there's no user-defineable limit to the deferral I
> definately don't like this change.
> 
> Can I safely assume that any irq will cause all deferred timers to run?

*on that cpu*. Timers are per cpu, as are interrupts. Just not per se the same one ...

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