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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>,
	"Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] timers fixes/improvements
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:07:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050401130713.GA3802@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <424D37B2.2CE24C67@tv-sign.ru>


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> wrote:

> struct timer_list {
> 	...
> 	timer_base_t *_base;
> };

namespace cleanliness: i'd suggest s/_base/base.

another detail:

> int __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
[...]
> 		/* Ensure the timer is serialized. */
> 		if (base != &new_base->t_base
> 			&& base->running_timer == timer)
> 			goto unlock;

> unlock:
> 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags);
> 	} while (ret < 0);

so we keep looping in __mod_timer() when the timer is running? Couldnt 
this be a performance hit?

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2005-04-01 13:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-01 11:57 [RFC][PATCH] timers fixes/improvements Oleg Nesterov
2005-04-01 11:59 ` Oleg Nesterov
2005-04-01 13:07   ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2005-04-01 13:52     ` Oleg Nesterov
2005-04-01 12:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-04-01 16:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-04-01 18:32   ` Andrew Morton
2005-04-01 18:41     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-04-01 18:44     ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-04-02  9:22 ` Oleg Nesterov
2005-05-09 20:35   ` Christoph Lameter
2005-05-09 21:42     ` Andrew Morton
2005-05-09 21:51       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-05-10 10:23         ` Oleg Nesterov
2005-05-10 19:15           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-05-10 21:48             ` George Anzinger
2005-05-11 10:18             ` Oleg Nesterov
2005-05-11 15:12               ` Christoph Lameter
2005-05-13 22:36                 ` Greg KH
     [not found]             ` <20050510.125301.59655362.davem@davemloft.net>
2005-05-11 15:06               ` Oleg Nesterov
2005-05-12 23:36                 ` Ganesh Venkatesan
2005-05-09 23:10       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-04-02 10:07 ` Andrew Morton
2005-04-02 11:02   ` Oleg Nesterov
2005-04-02 14:58   ` Ingo Molnar
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-05-17 15:38 Sy, Dely L
2005-05-17 15:50 ` Greg KH

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