Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] enable hires timer to timeout datagram socket

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Sep 08 2017 - 17:45:09 EST


From: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:55:21 -0700

> I agree. I would prefer to understand here what is the technical
> reason not to accept these patches other than "use other system
> calls".

I explained this, let me reiterate:

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And most importantly, letting the kernel have flexibility in this area
is absolutely essential for various forms of optimizations and power
savings.
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