Improving the kernel timers API
Improving the kernel timers API
[Kernel] Posted Oct 9, 2017 23:01 UTC (Mon) by corbet
The kernel's timer interface has been around for a long time, and its API shows it. Beyond a lack of conformance with current in-kernel interface patterns, the timer API is not as efficient as it could be and stands in the way of ongoing kernel-hardening efforts. A late addition to the 4.14 kernel paves the way toward a wholesale change of this API to address these problems.