Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/4] Deferrable timers support for timerfd API

[Anton Vorontsov]

Hi all,

On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 10:43:35PM -0700, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> This patch set implements a userland-side API for generic deferrable
> timers, per linux/timer.h:
> 
>  * A deferrable timer will work normally when the system is busy, but
>  * will not cause a CPU to come out of idle just to service it; instead,
>  * the timer will be serviced when the CPU eventually wakes up with a
>  * subsequent non-deferrable timer.
> 
> These timers are crucial for power saving, i.e. periodic tasks that want
> to work in background when the system is under use, but don't want to
> cause wakeups themselves.

Just a friendly ping. Does anyone had a chance to look into this,
whether the idea bad or good, or whether the implementation is OK?

Thanks!

Anton.
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