Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Jan 2014 23:22:41 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 tip/core/timers] Crude timer-wheel latency hacks |
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Paul,
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > The following three patches provide some crude timer-wheel latency > patches. I understand that a more comprehensive solution is in progress, > but in the meantime, these patches work well in cases where a given > CPU has either zero or one timers pending, which is a common case for > NO_HZ_FULL kernels. So, on the off-chance that this is helpful to > someone, the individual patches are as follows:
so far that makes sense, though I'd rather like to redesign the whole timer wheel mess than adding more duct tape to it. I can't dig into the details right now as I'm dead tired and about to leave for a funeral. i'll have a detailed look at this at the weekend.
Thanks,
tglx
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