Re: [PATCH 1/2] USB: add usb_autopm_get_interface_burst()

Alan Stern <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Oliver Neukum wrote:

> Am Freitag, 6. Juli 2007 schrieb Alan Stern:
> > This patch (as929) adds usb_autopm_get_interface_burst() to the
> > autosuspend programming interface.  It is intended for situations
> > where I/O events occur in bursts of activity; it reduces overhead by
> > not cancelling the device's autosuspend timer.
> 
> Do you have numbers on how many del/mod_timer cycles you need
> to outweigh one timer firing needlessly? Under which circumstances should
> this API be used?

I don't have any hard numbers.  In fact, I can't even think of a good 
way to get them.  Do you have any suggestions?

Alan Stern


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