Re: round_jiffies() question

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Hi...

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Stoyan Gaydarov <stoyboyker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was just wondering when should round_jiffies() be used instead of
> assigning the timer expiration with a specific jiffies value? Is the
> round_jiffies() function call beneficial everywhere or just some
> places?

In general, you use round_jiffies() if you can tolerate rounded up
value...i.e slightly delayed execution of something (probably a
handler).
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