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On Sep 1, 2004, at 7:41 PM, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> Now, hzto() takes great care to round up, but the nano-second is lost
> before getting there in TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(). Should TS...TV always
> round up? It seems, with the present state of affairs, that any number
> of timers in the kernel could be firing slightly too early. There's no
> harm, ever, in a timer firing nanoseconds late (or later), is there?

Maybe if you're controlling spark plugs (well, ok, so you're not going 
to pop a hole in your piston if the timing is slightly retarded)... 
but, in any case, we're not, so no, I don't think there's any harm in 
it.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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