netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: use a deferred timer in rt_check

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Message-Id: <20090613.233850.60730150.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:38:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Tero.Kristo@...ia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: use a deferred timer in rt_check_expire

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:10:07 +0200

> For the sake of power saver lovers, use a deferrable timer to fire rt_check_expire()
> 
> As some big routers cache equilibrium depends on garbage collection done in time,
> we take into account elapsed time between two rt_check_expire() invocations 
> to adjust the amount of slots we have to check.
> 
> Based on an initial idea and patch from Tero Kristo
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <tero.kristo@...ia.com>

Applied.
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