From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <vishwa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org;
 spf=none (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=linux.vnet.ibm.com
 (client-ip=148.163.158.5; helo=mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com;
 envelope-from=vishwa@linux.vnet.ibm.com; receiver=<UNKNOWN>)
Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none)
 header.from=linux.vnet.ibm.com
Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com
 [148.163.158.5])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41Vw6n3NYKzF35L
 for <openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org>; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:34:53 +1000 (AEST)
Received: from pps.filterd (m0098414.ppops.net [127.0.0.1])
 by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id
 w6IBYlbx007359
 for <openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org>; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 07:34:50 -0400
Received: from e06smtp07.uk.ibm.com (e06smtp07.uk.ibm.com [195.75.94.103])
 by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2ka24aenyq-1
 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT)
 for <openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org>; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 07:34:49 -0400
Received: from localhost
 by e06smtp07.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only!
 Violators will be prosecuted
 for <openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org> from <vishwa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>;
 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:34:41 +0100
Received: from b06cxnps4076.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (9.149.109.198)
 by e06smtp07.uk.ibm.com (192.168.101.137) with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway:
 Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted; 
 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256)
 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:34:39 +0100
Received: from d06av21.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av21.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com
 [9.149.105.232])
 by b06cxnps4076.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id
 w6IBYc4G38535278
 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL);
 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:34:38 GMT
Received: from d06av21.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1])
 by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 058975204F;
 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:34:56 +0100 (BST)
Received: from [9.199.74.205] (unknown [9.199.74.205])
 by d06av21.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 424745204E;
 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:34:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Sdbusplus-based Shared Library
To: Patrick Venture <venture@google.com>, Ratan K Gupta <ratagupt@in.ibm.com>,
 Brad Bishop <bradleyb@fuzziesquirrel.com>,
 OpenBMC Maillist <openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org>
References: <CAO=notwXV+EaWJqV61qkZaDSA3mxMhpXbq3iWUqRp2Qg52wMGA@mail.gmail.com>
From: vishwa <vishwa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:04:36 +0530
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101
 Thunderbird/45.7.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <CAO=notwXV+EaWJqV61qkZaDSA3mxMhpXbq3iWUqRp2Qg52wMGA@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00
x-cbid: 18071811-0028-0000-0000-000002DD0F27
X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused
x-cbparentid: 18071811-0029-0000-0000-00002394D7F8
Message-Id: <0fd55229-6efd-7d7c-d0a2-bec8dbd79133@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:, ,
 definitions=2018-07-18_03:, , signatures=0
X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0
 priorityscore=1501
 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0
 clxscore=1011 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0
 mlxlogscore=946 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx
 scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1806210000 definitions=main-1807180132
X-BeenThere: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27
Precedence: list
List-Id: Development list for OpenBMC <openbmc.lists.ozlabs.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.ozlabs.org/options/openbmc>,
 <mailto:openbmc-request@lists.ozlabs.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/openbmc/>
List-Post: <mailto:openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org>
List-Help: <mailto:openbmc-request@lists.ozlabs.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/openbmc>,
 <mailto:openbmc-request@lists.ozlabs.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:34:58 -0000

Utility library for timers / watchdog was something that I initially 
proposed during the early days and the argument back was that when we 
have such a thing, then we need to keep augmenting the library to suit 
needs of the consumers and we loose flexibility and end up putting hacks.

!! Vishwa !!

On 03/19/2018 10:41 PM, Patrick Venture wrote:
> We have a lot of duplication across daemons using sdbusplus, and no
> new utility library.  To avoid every daemon having their own timer
> object, and their own this or that, I suggest we create this shared
> library.
>
> Thoughts?  We can start simple, just have a timer object in there, and
> then the new timers being introduced to phosphor-hwmon and
> phosphor-host-ipmid can be the first customers.
>
> Patrick
>