>> That's looks like a lot of CPU consumption, which I would like to avoid >> because time_to_sleep is nondeterministic in my case. > > If you want to delay for less than a tick, you pretty much need to busy-wait. > There's no way to set a timer for intervals less than a tick in the regular > kernel.[...]
I bet I stay with my current approach -- count the time we actually slept, and sleep less the next time. Thanks for your time and thoughts! Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/