RE: [PATCH 1/2] Add not_critical_when_idle timer

2007-03-18 Thread Pallipadi, Venkatesh
>-Original Message- >From: Andrew Morton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:10 AM >To: Pallipadi, Venkatesh >Cc: Dave Jones; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-kernel >Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add not_critical_when_idle timer > >On Fri, 16 Mar 2007

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add not_critical_when_idle timer

2007-03-18 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:07:35 -0700 Venkatesh Pallipadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Introduce a new kind of timers - not_critical_when_idle timers: > Timers that work normally when system is busy. But, will not cause CPU to > come out of idle (just to service this timer), when CPU is idle. Ins

[PATCH 1/2] Add not_critical_when_idle timer

2007-03-16 Thread Venkatesh Pallipadi
Introduce a new kind of timers - not_critical_when_idle timers: Timers that work normally when system is busy. But, will not cause CPU to come out of idle (just to service this timer), when CPU is idle. Instead, this timer will be serviced when CPU eventually wakes up with a subsequent critical_wh