netdev - Re: [patch] timers: add mod_timer

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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:47:38 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Martin Josefsson <gandalf@...g.westbo.se>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] timers: add mod_timer_pending()


* Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> To accelerate matters i've committed the new API patch into a new 
>> standalone topic branch: tip:timers/new-apis.
>>
>> Unless there are objections or test failures, you (or Stephen or  
>> David) can then git-pull it into the networking tree via the Git  
>> coordinates below - and you'll get this single commit in a surgical 
>> manner - no other timer changes are included.
>>
>> Doing so has the advantage of:
>>
>> - You not having to wait a kernel cycle for the API to go
>>   upstream.
>>
>> - You can also push it upstream without waiting for the timer   tree. 
>> (the timer tree and the networking tree will share the   exact same 
>> commit)
>>
>> - It will also all merge cleanly with the timer tree in   linux-next, 
>> etc.
>>
>> I'd suggest to do it in about a week, to make sure any after effects 
>> have trickled down and to make sure the topic has become append-only. 
>> You can ping Thomas and me about testing/review status then, whenever 
>> you want to do the pull.
>
> Thanks Ingo. I'll wait for Stephen to rebase his patches on 
> top of your change and the test results and will let you know.

Stress-testing here in the last ~2 hours on eight x86 test-boxes 
showed no problems so far.

	Ingo
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