[ovs-dev] [PATCH] timeval: Use monotonic time where appropriate.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Tue Jun 8 18:33:27 PDT 2010


On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 01:22:54PM -0700, Jesse Gross wrote:
>> > Most of the timekeeping needs of OVS are simply to measure intervals,
>> > which means that it is sensitive to changes in the clock.  This commit
>> > replaces the existing clocks with monotonic timers.  An additional set
>> > of wall clock timers are added and used in locations that need absolute
>> > time.
>>[comments]
>[responses]

All of that sounds good to me, Jesse.  Thanks for all the details




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