Re: init_timer_deferrable conversion

2007-12-17 Thread Parag Warudkar
On Dec 17, 2007 9:29 AM, Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Parag, could you please try this patch ? > > [NET] ARP : Convert neigh garbage collection from softirq to workqueue > I will - a little later. Thanks Parag -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel

Re: init_timer_deferrable conversion

2007-12-17 Thread Parag Warudkar
On Dec 17, 2007 12:00 PM, Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > a) drivers/net/sky2.c - watchdog_timer. This was showing up high on > > > > Powertop's list of things that cause routine wakeups from idle. After > > > > converting to init_timer_deferrable() the wakeups went dow

Re: init_timer_deferrable conversion

2007-12-17 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:29:43 +0100 Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:55:04 +0100 > Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:00:23 -0500 (EST) > > Parag Warudkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > In my quest to get the wake-ups from id

Re: init_timer_deferrable conversion

2007-12-17 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:55:04 +0100 Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:00:23 -0500 (EST) > Parag Warudkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In my quest to get the wake-ups from idle per second down to bare minimum, > > I noticed 3 places in the kernel that could benef

Re: init_timer_deferrable conversion

2007-12-17 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:00:23 -0500 (EST) Parag Warudkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my quest to get the wake-ups from idle per second down to bare minimum, > I noticed 3 places in the kernel that could benefit from > using init_timer_deferrable() instead of init_timer() - > > a) drivers/net

init_timer_deferrable conversion

2007-12-16 Thread Parag Warudkar
In my quest to get the wake-ups from idle per second down to bare minimum, I noticed 3 places in the kernel that could benefit from using init_timer_deferrable() instead of init_timer() - a) drivers/net/sky2.c - watchdog_timer. This was showing up high on Powertop's list of things that cause r