From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: ray-gmail@madrabbit.org, zippel@linux-m68k.org,
mrmacman_g4@mac.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, george@mvista.com,
johnstul@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [patch 00/43] ktimer reworked
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:24:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051201122455.4546d1da.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051201165144.GC31551@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> rmk, also a native English speaker, agrees with Ray, Thomas and Ingo.
> As does dictionary.reference.com's definitions of timeout and timer:
>
> timeout
>
> A period of time after which an error condition is raised if some event
> has not occured. A common example is sending a message. If the receiver
> does not acknowledge the message within some preset timeout period, a
> transmission error is assumed to have occured.
>
> timer
>
> a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
>
> Hence, timers have the implication that they are _expected_ to expire.
> Timeouts have the implication that their expiry is an exceptional
> condition.
Well timer_lists get around the problem quite neatly by handling both
situations. In a way which has been learned by thousands of developers
over many years.
The whole concept of separating "timers" from "timeouts" seems a step
backward to me. A large one. Why was it done, and can it be undone?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-01 20:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-30 23:56 [patch 00/43] ktimer reworked Thomas Gleixner
2005-12-01 0:41 ` Andrew Morton
2005-12-01 2:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-12-01 3:32 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-01 3:57 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-12-01 15:40 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-01 16:22 ` Ray Lee
2005-12-01 16:51 ` Russell King
2005-12-01 17:44 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-01 19:08 ` Steven Rostedt
2005-12-01 21:11 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-01 22:03 ` Steven Rostedt
2005-12-02 0:29 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-02 0:41 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-12-02 0:58 ` john stultz
2005-12-02 1:01 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-02 1:09 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-12-02 1:24 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-02 1:47 ` David Lang
2005-12-02 14:43 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-02 15:41 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-12-07 9:35 ` James Bruce
2005-12-07 12:34 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-07 14:15 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-12-07 15:03 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-07 14:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2005-12-08 15:43 ` James Bruce
2005-12-02 2:51 ` Steven Rostedt
2005-12-04 1:28 ` Andrew James Wade
2005-12-05 19:40 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-06 2:46 ` Andrew James Wade
2005-12-01 20:24 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2005-12-01 21:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-12-01 21:51 ` Andrew Morton
2005-12-01 22:13 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-12-01 22:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-12-02 0:02 ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-12-02 0:36 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-12-02 1:06 ` Andrew Morton
2005-12-02 14:42 ` John Stoffel
2005-12-02 2:21 ` Steven Rostedt
2005-12-02 0:46 ` Roman Zippel
2005-12-01 16:52 ` Roman Zippel
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