Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH] Fix the cpumask rewrite

[Chris Wedgwood]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 03:24:07AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:

> A simple __get_jiffies() implementation could just set up a
> 1/HZ-second timer (and busy-wait for it, and increase its internal
> jiffies counter) every tenth call or so. That would probably slow
> down the whole system somewhat, but I'd assume it'd mostly work.

I think the approach is to look at _why_ people need jiffies and
change this to a cleaner less low-level API using accessor
functions/macros.


  --cw
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