From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 18:49:18 +0000 Subject: Re: [patch] platform hook for timer_interrupt() Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:33:37PM -0400, Martin Hicks wrote: > > Why not use add_timer()? > > This is code that must be run on each CPU, so the generic timer > interface doesn't help us. I'm not certain, but some of this code may > actually only have to run on each node (not every CPU). How about smp_call_function() in a regular timer then? -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk