From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757046AbXHGHhl (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 03:37:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752540AbXHGHhe (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 03:37:34 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:59566 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753817AbXHGHhd (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 03:37:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 00:36:13 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Michael Kerrisk Cc: lkml , Linux Torvalds , Davide Libenzi , drepper@redhat.com, stable@kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: Problems with timerfd() Message-Id: <20070807003613.f0333b49.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <46B81745.9010409@gmx.net> References: <46A44B7D.3030700@gmx.net> <20070722233826.20efa6e5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <46A7940B.4070901@gmx.net> <20070725151252.8d2d5141.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <46B81745.9010409@gmx.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:55:01 +0200 Michael Kerrisk wrote: > I'm working on the changes to timerfd(), but must admit I am struggling to > understand some of the kernel code for working with userspace timers (e.g., > in kernel/posix-timers.c). Join the club. > Can you suggest anyone who could provide assistance? The code was originally contributed by George Anzinger. He has moved on and Thomas Gleixner now does most work in there. I'd expect that Thomas is your guy, but he is nearing the end of a two-week vacation and will presumably return to an akpm-sized inbox, so I'd give him a little time ;)