linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds e80eda94d3 Posix timers: limit number of timers firing at once
Bursty timers aren't good for anybody, very much including latency for
other programs when we trigger lots of timers in interrupt context.  So
set a random limit, after which we'll handle the rest on the next timer
tick.

Noted by Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-23 10:02:50 -07:00
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irq [PATCH] CHECK_IRQ_PER_CPU() to avoid dead code in __do_IRQ() 2005-09-07 16:57:29 -07:00
power [PATCH] x86_64: Set up safe page tables during resume 2005-10-10 08:36:46 -07:00
Kconfig.hz [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt 2005-06-23 09:45:10 -07:00
Kconfig.preempt [PATCH] sched: voluntary kernel preemption 2005-06-25 16:24:45 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] spinlock consolidation 2005-09-10 10:06:21 -07:00
acct.c [PATCH] kernel/acct: add kerneldoc 2005-09-10 10:06:26 -07:00
audit.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
auditsc.c [AUDIT] Allow filtering on system call success _or_ failure 2005-08-27 10:25:43 +01:00
capability.c [PATCH] kernel/capability.c: add kerneldoc 2005-07-27 16:26:06 -07:00
compat.c [PATCH] kernel: fix-up schedule_timeout() usage 2005-09-10 10:06:37 -07:00
configs.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
cpu.c [PATCH] i386 CPU hotplug 2005-06-25 16:24:29 -07:00
cpuset.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
crash_dump.c [PATCH] kernel/crash_dump.c: add kerneldoc 2005-07-27 16:26:06 -07:00
dma.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
exec_domain.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
exit.c [PATCH] Call exit_itimers from do_exit, not __exit_signal 2005-10-21 15:38:08 -07:00
extable.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
fork.c [PATCH] Threads shouldn't inherit PF_NOFREEZE 2005-10-19 23:04:31 -07:00
futex.c [PATCH] futex: remove duplicate code 2005-09-07 16:57:33 -07:00
intermodule.c [PATCH] introduce and use kzalloc 2005-09-07 16:57:45 -07:00
itimer.c [PATCH] itimer fixes 2005-07-27 16:25:51 -07:00
kallsyms.c [PATCH] ppc32: platform-specific functions missing from kallsyms. 2005-05-05 16:36:31 -07:00
kexec.c [PATCH] kexec: fix sparse warnings 2005-06-28 14:53:40 -07:00
kfifo.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
kmod.c [PATCH] Keys: Pass session keyring to call_usermodehelper() 2005-06-24 00:05:18 -07:00
kprobes.c [PATCH] kprobes: fix bug when probed on task and isr functions 2005-09-07 16:58:01 -07:00
ksysfs.c [PATCH] Kdump: Export crash notes section address through sysfs 2005-06-25 16:24:51 -07:00
kthread.c [PATCH] use smp_mb/wmb/rmb where possible 2005-05-01 08:58:47 -07:00
module.c [PATCH] use add_taint() for setting tainted bit flags 2005-09-13 08:22:29 -07:00
panic.c [PATCH] Call emergency_reboot from panic 2005-07-26 14:35:43 -07:00
params.c [PATCH] Ignore trailing whitespace on kernel parameters correctly 2005-09-28 07:46:41 -07:00
pid.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Posix timers: limit number of timers firing at once 2005-10-23 10:02:50 -07:00
posix-timers.c [PATCH] Call exit_itimers from do_exit, not __exit_signal 2005-10-21 15:38:08 -07:00
printk.c [PATCH] Add printk_clock() 2005-09-21 10:11:54 -07:00
profile.c [PATCH] mostly_read data section 2005-07-07 18:23:46 -07:00
ptrace.c [PATCH] remove duplicated code from proc and ptrace 2005-09-07 16:57:43 -07:00
rcupdate.c [PATCH] rcu: keep rcu callback event counter 2005-10-17 15:27:58 -07:00
resource.c [PATCH] introduce and use kzalloc 2005-09-07 16:57:45 -07:00
sched.c [PATCH] Fix spinlock owner debugging 2005-09-13 09:59:04 -07:00
seccomp.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
signal.c [PATCH] Call exit_itimers from do_exit, not __exit_signal 2005-10-21 15:38:08 -07:00
softirq.c [PATCH] x86-64: Some cleanup and optimization to the processor data area. 2005-09-12 10:49:58 -07:00
softlockup.c [PATCH] detect soft lockups 2005-09-07 16:57:17 -07:00
spinlock.c [PATCH] spinlock consolidation 2005-09-10 10:06:21 -07:00
stop_machine.c [PATCH] smp_processor_id() cleanup 2005-06-21 18:46:13 -07:00
sys.c [PATCH] reboot: comment and factor the main reboot functions 2005-09-22 22:17:33 -07:00
sys_ni.c [PATCH] remove sys_set_zone_reclaim() 2005-08-01 10:03:56 -07:00
sysctl.c [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
time.c [PATCH] Add missing export of getnstimeofday() 2005-10-14 17:10:12 -07:00
timer.c [PATCH] schedule_timeout_[un]interruptible() speedup 2005-09-13 08:22:29 -07:00
uid16.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
user.c [PATCH] inotify 2005-07-12 20:38:38 -07:00
wait.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
workqueue.c [PATCH] introduce and use kzalloc 2005-09-07 16:57:45 -07:00