Re: [RFC] mod_timer() helper functions?

[Chris Peterson]

>> int timer_settime_msecs(struct timer_list *timer, int msecs)
>
> At least this function needs something that indicates it is very approximate
> (upto 900% error for 1ms with HZ=100)
> The old open coded pattern showed this.

I see your point. But doesn't the open coded pattern with jiffies
imply an even greater timer precision than milliseconds? Or does
mod_timer()'s use of an expiration time instead of a time delay avoid
promising more precision than it can provide?

Quite of a few mod_timer() calls already try to schedule precise
timeouts in terms of HZ/10 or HZ/20.


chris
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