On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > Hmmm... Yes but that looks like it comes from a different function. Slab > > calls > > > > __round_jiffies_relative(HZ, cpu)) > > > > And its description says: > > > > /** > > * > > * The exact rounding is skewed for each processor to avoid all > > * processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead > > * to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing. > > > > This is exactly the wrong thing to do. > > > is it?
Umm you did not read the last bit of the description? It talks about firing all timers on all cpus at once. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
