Re: [PATCH] ktimers subsystem 2.6.14-rc2-kt5

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> why you insist on ktimers being 'process timers'?

Because they are optimized for process usage. OTOH kernel usage is more 
than just "timeouts".

> so to answer your question: it is totally possible for a watchdog 
> mechanism to use ktimers. In fact it would be desirable from a 
> robustness POV too: 

"possible" and "desirable" is still different from "preferable", as they 
involve a higher cost.

> e.g. we dont want a watchdog from being 
> overload-able via too many timeouts in the timer wheel ...

Please explain.

bye, Roman
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