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From: Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linaro-dev-cunTk1MwBs8s++Sfvej+rw@public.gmane.org,
	patches-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] hrtimers: system-wide and per-task hrtimer slacks
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:14:46 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F7EB406.5020703@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120404171013.ac08575d.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>

On 04/05/2012 04:10 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Well..  there are some back-incompatibilities here.
> prctl(PR_SET_TIMERSLACK, -1) used to restore current's slack setting to
> whatever-we-inherited-at-fork, but that has been removed.  What are the
> implications of this, and did we need to do it?

It seems you're looking at the previous version of this patch
(http://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/20/55). Latest proposal is
http://lwn.net/Articles/484162/, which defines PR_SET_TIMERSLACK
action as:
...
case PR_SET_TIMERSLACK:
         if (arg2 <= 0)
                 current->timer_slack_ns =
                         default_timer_slack_ns;
         else if (arg2 <= HRTIMER_MAX_SLACK)
                 current->timer_slack_ns = arg2;
         else
                 error = -EINVAL;
         break;
...

> If we do make changes in this area then the prctl manpage should be
> updated, please.  And if
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/msg01149.html represents the
> current state of that manpage then it should be updated anyway - that
> entry doesn't say anything about the (arg2<= 0) case.

I sent a patch for man pages too, it should be one of the recent posts
at http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/index.html.

Dmitry


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From: Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@linaro.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org,
	patches@linaro.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] hrtimers: system-wide and per-task hrtimer slacks
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:14:46 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F7EB406.5020703@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120404171013.ac08575d.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

On 04/05/2012 04:10 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Well..  there are some back-incompatibilities here.
> prctl(PR_SET_TIMERSLACK, -1) used to restore current's slack setting to
> whatever-we-inherited-at-fork, but that has been removed.  What are the
> implications of this, and did we need to do it?

It seems you're looking at the previous version of this patch
(http://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/20/55). Latest proposal is
http://lwn.net/Articles/484162/, which defines PR_SET_TIMERSLACK
action as:
...
case PR_SET_TIMERSLACK:
         if (arg2 <= 0)
                 current->timer_slack_ns =
                         default_timer_slack_ns;
         else if (arg2 <= HRTIMER_MAX_SLACK)
                 current->timer_slack_ns = arg2;
         else
                 error = -EINVAL;
         break;
...

> If we do make changes in this area then the prctl manpage should be
> updated, please.  And if
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/msg01149.html represents the
> current state of that manpage then it should be updated anyway - that
> entry doesn't say anything about the (arg2<= 0) case.

I sent a patch for man pages too, it should be one of the recent posts
at http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/index.html.

Dmitry



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-04-06  9:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-20  7:49 [RFC PATCH] hrtimers: system-wide and per-task hrtimer slacks Dmitry Antipov
     [not found] ` <1329724172-27690-1-git-send-email-dmitry.antipov-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-05  0:10   ` Andrew Morton
2012-04-05  0:10     ` Andrew Morton
     [not found]     ` <20120404171013.ac08575d.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-06  9:14       ` Dmitry Antipov [this message]
2012-04-06  9:14         ` Dmitry Antipov
     [not found]         ` <4F7EB406.5020703-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-24 22:06           ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-04-24 22:06             ` Michael Kerrisk
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-02-28  8:46 Dmitry Antipov

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