Re: [PATCH v2 tip/core/timers] Crude timer-wheel latency hacks

[Thomas Gleixner]

Paul,

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> The following three patches provide some crude timer-wheel latency
> patches.  I understand that a more comprehensive solution is in progress,
> but in the meantime, these patches work well in cases where a given
> CPU has either zero or one timers pending, which is a common case for
> NO_HZ_FULL kernels.  So, on the off-chance that this is helpful to
> someone, the individual patches are as follows:

so far that makes sense, though I'd rather like to redesign the whole
timer wheel mess than adding more duct tape to it. I can't dig into
the details right now as I'm dead tired and about to leave for a
funeral. i'll have a detailed look at this at the weekend.

Thanks,

	tglx


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