On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 10:52:50PM -0500, Stoyan Gaydarov 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? round_jiffies() is used to improve the effectiveness of power management. By making sure that timers go off at the same time rather than staggered, we can keep the processor in deep sleep states for longer. So it's always beneficial to use it but some places will see more benefit than others. -- Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
