RE: [RFC][PATCH] timers fixes/improvements

[Chen, Kenneth W]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > This patch replaces and updates 6 timer patches which are currently
> > in -mm tree. This version does not play games with __TIMER_PENDING
> > bit, so incremental patch is not suitable. It is against 2.6.12-rc1.
> > Please comment. I am sending pseudo code in a separate message for
> > easier review.
>
> Looks ok by me. Andrew, should we let it cook in -mm, or what?
>

Andrew Morton wrote on Friday, April 01, 2005 10:33 AM
> Sure.  Christoph and (I think) Ken have been seeing mysterious misbehaviour
> which _might_ be due to Oleg's first round of timer patches.  I assume C&K
> will test this new patch?

Yes, we saw kernel hang with previous timer patches.  I will give this one
a try.


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