netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] enable hires timer to timeout datagram socket

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Message-Id: <20170908.144458.596885875256619458.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:44:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eduval@...zon.com
Cc:     dwmw2@...radead.org, vallish@...zon.com, shuah@...nel.org,
        richardcochran@...il.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        anchalag@...zon.com, dwmw@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] enable hires timer to timeout datagram socket

From: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@...zon.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:55:21 -0700

> I agree. I would prefer to understand here what is the technical
> reason not to accept these patches other than "use other system
> calls".

I explained this, let me reiterate:

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And most importantly, letting the kernel have flexibility in this area
is absolutely essential for various forms of optimizations and power
savings.
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