Re: [PATCH] 2.3.99pre6 use of mod_timer

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 16:56:23 -0400

François romieu wrote:
> The following makes systematic the use of mod_timer. Currently, mod_timer
> is defined in include/linux/timer.h as a faster replacement for the
> sequence del_timer, timer.expires=..., add_timer.

Looks reasonable... using mod_timer means you only acquire and release
the timer lock once, not twice as with del_timer+add_timer.

Jeff

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