RE: [PATCH 1/2] Add not_critical_when_idle timer

2007-03-18 Thread Pallipadi, Venkatesh
>-Original Message- >From: Andrew Morton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:10 AM >To: Pallipadi, Venkatesh >Cc: Dave Jones; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-kernel >Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add not_critical_when_idle timer > >On Fri, 16 Mar 2007

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add not_critical_when_idle timer

2007-03-18 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:07:35 -0700 Venkatesh Pallipadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Introduce a new kind of timers - not_critical_when_idle timers: > Timers that work normally when system is busy. But, will not cause CPU to > come out of idle (just to service this timer), when CPU is idle. Ins