* George Anzinger <george@mvista.com> [050809 13:07]: > > >>I can take a shot at addressing these concerns in dynamic_tick patch, but > >>it seems to me that VST has already addressed all these to a big extent. > >>Had you considered VST before? The biggest bottleneck I see in VST going > >>mainline is its dependency on HRT patch but IMO it should be possible to > >>write a small patch > >>to support VST w/o HRT. > >> > >>George, what do you think? > > > > > >HRT + VST depend on APIC only, and does not use next_timer_interrupt(). > > I convinced my self that the next_timer... code in timer.c misses timers > (i.e. gives the wrong answer). I did this (after wondering due to > performance) by scanning the whole timer list after I had the > next_timer... answer and finding a better answer, not always, but some > times. That code does not address the cascade list correctly.
Do you have a patch around for improving next_timer_interrupt()? Tony - 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/
