> A DOS attack may come via the network, but probably not from the timer
> interrupt. So how about making that one a special case, so the timer
> bottom half always runs when necassary, while the others can be delayed
> for DOS protection?
hm, i'm not so sure. Networking-related traffic _can_ generate an
excessive number of timers, thus lots of BH_TIMER load.
-- mingo
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