Re: [PATCH] x86: Reduce the default HZ value

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Thu May 07 2009 - 12:56:41 EST


H. Peter Anvin wrote:
Alan Cox wrote:
Hooray - finally someone admits the *real* problem here, and for power
management too. Otherwise known as "referencing jiffies as a variable must
die"

Amen. Also, "using HZ as a unit of measurement must die, too."

Love to -- now, what will it be replaced with?

grep for 'deadline' in drivers/ata/libata* to find an example not so easily converted away from jiffies.

Jeff



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