Re: [patch V2 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel

[Arjan van de Ven]

so is there really an issue? sounds like KISS principle can apply

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:56 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > 2) Cut off at 37hrs for HZ=1000. We could make this configurable as a 1000HZ
>> >    option so datacenter folks can use this and people who don't care and want
>> >    better batching for power can use the 4ms thingy.
>>
>>
>> if there really is one user of such long timers... could we possibly
>> make that one robust against early fire of the timer?
>>
>> eg rule is: if you set timers > 37 hours, you need to cope with early timer fire
>
> The only user I found is networking contrack (5 days). Eric thought its not a
> big problem if it fires earlier.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         tglx
>