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author | Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> | 2009-02-05 06:24:16 -0500 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-02-05 07:04:33 -0500 |
commit | 4cd4c1b40d40447fb5e7ba80746c6d7ba91d7a53 (patch) | |
tree | b1e580d5284648d6884e951d995509094a92cca4 /include/linux/lm_interface.h | |
parent | 32bd671d6cbeda60dc73be77fa2b9037d9a9bfa0 (diff) |
timers: split process wide cpu clocks/timers
Change the process wide cpu timers/clocks so that we:
1) don't mess up the kernel with too many threads,
2) don't have a per-cpu allocation for each process,
3) have no impact when not used.
In order to accomplish this we're going to split it into two parts:
- clocks; which can take all the time they want since they run
from user context -- ie. sys_clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID)
- timers; which need constant time sampling but since they're
explicity used, the user can pay the overhead.
The clock readout will go back to a full sum of the thread group, while the
timers will run of a global 'clock' that only runs when needed, so only
programs that make use of the facility pay the price.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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