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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/timers/hrtimers.txt')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/timers/hrtimers.txt b/Documentation/timers/hrtimers.txt index ce31f65e12e7..588d85724f10 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/hrtimers.txt +++ b/Documentation/timers/hrtimers.txt @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ several reasons why such integration is hard/impossible: - the unpredictable [O(N)] overhead of cascading leads to delays which necessitate a more complex handling of high resolution timers, which - in turn decreases robustness. Such a design still led to rather large + in turn decreases robustness. Such a design still leads to rather large timing inaccuracies. Cascading is a fundamental property of the timer - wheel concept, it cannot be 'designed out' without unevitably + wheel concept, it cannot be 'designed out' without inevitably degrading other portions of the timers.c code in an unacceptable way. - the implementation of the current posix-timer subsystem on top of @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ was not really a win, due to the different data structures. Also, the hrtimer functions now have clearer behavior and clearer names - such as hrtimer_try_to_cancel() and hrtimer_cancel() [which are roughly equivalent to del_timer() and del_timer_sync()] - so there's no direct -1:1 mapping between them on the algorithmical level, and thus no real +1:1 mapping between them on the algorithmic level, and thus no real potential for code sharing either. Basic data types: every time value, absolute or relative, is in a |