Thanks. I think this can be done much the same way it is now. I will modify the patch accordingly.
At the same time, I must say that stoping the timers is, IMNSHO, NOT a good thing for the kernel. It can cause unexpected timer latencies which can impact most any task on the system. (But you already knew this :) I understand that it is not seldom used, but still...
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