Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:22:32 +0200 (CEST) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | RE: FW: [RFC] A more general timeout specification |
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Hi,
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > What "more versions" are you talking about? When you convert a user time > > to kernel time you can automatically validate it and later you can use > > standard kernel APIs, so you don't have to add even more API bloat. > > What's kernel time? Are you talking about jiffies? The whole point of > multiple clocks is to allow for different degrees of precision.
For a timeout? Please get real. If you need more precision, use a dedicated timer API, but don't make the general case more complex for the 99.99% of other users.
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