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From: Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] rte_timer: optimize for empty case
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:25:06 +0200
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On 30/05/2013 19:12, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> In many application there are no timers queued, and the call to
> rte_timer_managecan be optimized in that case avoid reading HPET and
> lock overhead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger<shemminger-ZtmgI6mnKB3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Jardin <vincent.jardin-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

It is a nice to have for performance since HPET is quite slow.