Re: [PATCH] Add schedule_timeout_{interruptible,uninterruptible}{,_msecs}() interfaces

[Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi,

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:

> > > My goal is to distinguish between these cases in sleeping-logic:
> > > 
> > > 1) tick-oriented
> > > 	use schedule_timeout(), add_timer(), etc.
> > > 
> > > 2) time-oriented
> > > 	use schedule_timeout_msecs()
> > 
> > There is _no_ difference, the scheduler is based on ticks. Even if we soon 
> > have different time sources, the scheduler will continue to measure the 
> > time in ticks and for a simple reason - portability. Jiffies _are_ simple, 
> > don't throw that away.
> 
> I agree that from an internal perspective there is no difference, but
> from an *interface* perspective they are hugely different, simply on the
> basis that one uses human-time units and one does not.
> 
> I guess we must continue to agree to disagree.

I'm not really sure, what you disagree about.
1 HZ is about one second, which I don't think is such a difficult concept. 
I already said wrapper functions are fine and for anything smaller than 
HZ/2 it's probably a good idea nowadays.
My main point is to keep the core functionality in jiffies and provide 
some wrapper functions. What exactly do you disagree here on?

bye, Roman
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