From: Eric St-Laurent <ericstl34@sympatico.ca>
To: Stephen Pollei <stephen.pollei@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>,
Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>, Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>,
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christoph@lameter.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 01:16:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1121490991.7057.21.camel@orbiter> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <feed8cdd050715125846f8c42f@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 12:58 -0700, Stephen Pollei wrote:
> But If I understand Linus's points he wants jiffies to remain a memory
> fetch, and make sure it doesn't turn into a singing dancing christmas
> tree.
It seems it relatively easy to support dynamic tick, the ARM
architecture has it. But with the numerous users of jiffies through the
code, it seems to me that it's hard to ensure that everyone of them will
continue to work correctly if the jiffies_increment is changed during
runtime.
As Linus noted, the current tick code is flexible and powerful, but it
can be hard to get it right in all case.
WinCE developers have similar problems/concerns:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ce_base/archive/2005/06/08/426762.aspx
With the previous cleanup like time_after()/time_before(), msleep() and
friends, unit conversion helpers, etc. it's a step in the right
direction.
I just wanted to point out that while it's good to preserve the current
efficient tick implementation, it may be worthwhile to add a relative
timeout API like Alan Cox proposed a year ago to better hide the
implementation details.
- Eric St-Laurent
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-16 5:16 UTC|newest]
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2005-07-08 21:49 ` [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-08 21:59 ` Andrew Morton
2005-07-08 22:05 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-08 22:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-10 10:45 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-07-08 22:22 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-08 22:33 ` Andrew Morton
2005-07-08 22:59 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-08 23:03 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-08 23:14 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-08 23:29 ` David S. Miller
2005-07-08 23:40 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-09 17:08 ` Martin Schlemmer
2005-07-09 18:16 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-09 18:31 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-07-09 18:33 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-09 18:36 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-09 19:12 ` Andrew Morton
2005-07-09 19:16 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-09 20:30 ` randy_dunlap
2005-07-09 21:25 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-09 23:30 ` Randy Dunlap
2005-07-11 18:35 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-11 13:23 ` Alan Cox
2005-07-11 14:05 ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-07-11 14:08 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-07-11 15:18 ` Alan Cox
2005-07-12 2:13 ` Eric St-Laurent
2005-07-11 16:02 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-15 12:17 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-13 15:59 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-07-13 16:47 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-10 0:44 ` pmarques
2005-07-09 18:39 ` Diego Calleja
2005-07-09 18:41 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-09 18:49 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-09 18:50 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-11 18:38 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-11 20:25 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-11 20:39 ` Chris Friesen
2005-07-12 0:30 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-12 4:07 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-12 4:13 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-12 4:30 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-12 14:21 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-12 14:24 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-12 14:56 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-12 15:00 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-12 15:08 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-12 15:10 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-12 15:22 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-12 19:30 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-12 20:58 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-12 22:22 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-13 5:37 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-13 10:38 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-07-13 18:42 ` High irq load (Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt) Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 14:25 ` Peter Osterlund
2005-07-18 5:53 ` Herbert Poetzl
2005-07-12 0:38 ` [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt George Anzinger
2005-07-12 12:10 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-12 12:39 ` Con Kolivas
2005-07-12 12:52 ` Con Kolivas
2005-07-12 15:57 ` George Anzinger
2005-07-12 16:27 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-13 16:26 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-07-13 16:46 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-13 17:24 ` David Lang
2005-07-13 18:42 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-13 19:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-13 19:13 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-13 19:32 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-07-13 19:33 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-13 20:02 ` Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
2005-07-13 20:17 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-13 20:24 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-13 20:48 ` Andrew Morton
2005-07-13 21:16 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-13 21:24 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-13 21:35 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-13 21:37 ` Chris Friesen
2005-07-13 21:56 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-13 23:07 ` George Anzinger
2005-07-13 21:29 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-13 21:30 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-13 23:41 ` dean gaudet
2005-07-14 0:07 ` Petr Vandrovec
2005-07-14 9:24 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-07-14 14:20 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-14 18:05 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-07-14 18:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 0:51 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-14 1:13 ` dean gaudet
2005-07-14 1:33 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-14 1:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 7:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-07-14 12:13 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-14 16:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 17:02 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-07-14 17:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 19:09 ` Russell King
2005-07-14 20:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 20:30 ` Russell King
2005-07-15 8:15 ` Gerd Knorr
2005-07-14 20:38 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2005-07-14 17:42 ` Al Boldi
2005-07-14 19:42 ` john stultz
2005-07-14 20:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 20:41 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-07-14 23:03 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-07-14 21:54 ` john stultz
2005-07-14 22:43 ` Alan Cox
2005-07-14 23:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-15 12:33 ` Alan Cox
2005-07-14 17:10 ` Chris Friesen
2005-07-14 17:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 19:18 ` john stultz
2005-07-14 22:37 ` Alan Cox
2005-07-14 23:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 23:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-15 1:17 ` Eric St-Laurent
2005-07-14 23:17 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-14 23:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 23:41 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-14 23:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-14 23:53 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-15 12:42 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-07-14 23:57 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-15 2:30 ` Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
2005-07-15 12:46 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-07-15 16:46 ` Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
2005-07-30 5:49 ` [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.13 Len Brown
2005-07-30 9:58 ` [ACPI] " Pavel Machek
2005-08-03 23:16 ` [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.13-rc5 Len Brown
2005-08-04 17:11 ` [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.13-rc5+ Len Brown
2005-08-15 20:35 ` [GIT PATCH] ACPI patch for 2.6.13-rc6 Len Brown
2005-07-14 23:50 ` [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt Lee Revell
2005-07-15 4:08 ` Con Kolivas
2005-07-15 4:17 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-15 4:54 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-07-15 16:59 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-15 14:51 ` kernel
2005-07-14 18:00 ` Andrew Morton
2005-07-14 8:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-07-14 14:55 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-14 15:02 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-07-14 15:25 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-15 11:38 ` [OT] high precision hardware (was Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt) Paul Jakma
2005-07-15 15:57 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-07-15 16:13 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-14 2:08 ` [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt Lee Revell
2005-07-14 9:56 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2005-07-15 0:04 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-07-15 0:15 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-15 0:17 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-07-15 0:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-15 8:41 ` Russell King
2005-07-15 0:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-15 1:40 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-07-15 2:00 ` Eric St-Laurent
2005-07-15 19:58 ` Stephen Pollei
2005-07-16 5:16 ` Eric St-Laurent [this message]
2005-07-15 2:07 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-07-15 9:36 ` Matthias Urlichs
2005-07-15 3:46 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-07-15 5:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-07-15 13:12 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-07-17 2:13 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-07-17 2:35 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-17 2:35 ` Nish Aravamudan
2005-07-17 3:55 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-23 23:40 ` randy_dunlap
2005-07-25 13:26 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-23 23:48 ` randy_dunlap
2005-07-23 23:52 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-07-24 12:58 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-07-15 8:44 ` Russell King
2005-07-15 15:41 ` Pavel Machek
2005-07-13 20:02 ` Diego Calleja
2005-07-13 19:35 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2005-07-13 19:41 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-13 19:53 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2005-07-14 10:04 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2005-07-13 19:52 ` George Anzinger
2005-07-13 23:54 ` Con Kolivas
2005-07-14 0:43 ` George Anzinger
2005-07-14 10:25 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-07-14 12:19 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-14 21:19 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-07-15 1:19 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-07-12 13:30 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-12 14:05 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-07-12 16:07 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-07-12 15:26 ` [PATCH] " Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-12 17:50 ` john stultz
2005-07-12 22:30 ` Nishanth Aravamudan
2005-07-12 17:56 ` john stultz
2005-07-12 0:45 ` Lee Revell
2005-07-11 13:18 ` Alan Cox
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2005-07-15 17:02 ` Andi Kleen
2005-07-15 17:23 ` Venkatesh Pallipadi
2005-07-15 17:54 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2005-07-15 17:58 ` Andi Kleen
2005-07-18 10:47 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2005-07-15 18:01 ` Venkatesh Pallipadi
2005-07-18 11:17 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2005-07-15 17:57 ` Andi Kleen
2005-07-15 18:09 ` Venkatesh Pallipadi
2005-07-15 16:33 Brown, Len
2005-07-15 16:54 ` Chris Wedgwood
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-07-14 21:35 Brown, Len
2005-07-15 9:37 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2005-05-16 19:45 christoph
2005-05-16 20:51 ` Lee Revell
2005-05-17 0:55 ` christoph
2005-05-17 23:25 ` Lee Revell
2005-05-17 23:48 ` Nish Aravamudan
2005-05-18 0:03 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-05-18 0:08 ` Lee Revell
2005-05-16 22:09 ` Andrew Morton
2005-05-17 2:38 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-05-17 2:46 ` randy_dunlap
2005-05-17 2:55 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-05-17 3:01 ` randy_dunlap
2005-05-17 3:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-05-17 3:40 ` Andi Kleen
2005-05-17 10:51 ` Paulo Marques
2005-05-17 13:19 ` Andi Kleen
2005-05-17 5:31 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-05-17 13:44 ` Joe Korty
2005-05-17 13:58 ` Andi Kleen
2005-05-17 15:43 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-05-18 18:50 ` Pavel Machek
2005-05-18 19:03 ` Lee Revell
2005-05-18 20:41 ` Tony Lindgren
2005-05-18 19:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-05-18 20:46 ` Tony Lindgren
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