Hi,
Here are more comments/questions on Jim's alternate high-res-timers
patch. Some of this is just to understand the code.
a. Why return here and skip profiling?
Is this an intermediate (high-res) timer interrupt that shouldn't be
used for profiling?
inline void smp_local_timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * regs)
{
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+ if (!run_posix_timers((void *)regs))
+ return;
x86_do_profile(regs);
b. In kernel/id2ptr.c,
<id_free_cnt>: change cnt to count; just a style thing.
Linux doesn't use many abbreviations, which makes it easier on
everyone not having to remember "what is the abbreviation that code
uses for <whatever>?".
sub_alloc() is recursive. How bounded is it? 32 calls max?
I'm not totally against recursion, but it needs to be *well-bounded*.
Same for sub_remove().
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