Subject: Re: Callouts
To: Charles M. Hannum <root@ihack.net>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/27/1999 13:49:53
On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 07:02:39AM -0500, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> 
> It occurs to me that the right solution is probably to:
> 
> * eliminate the use of tick values, and instead use timespecs, and
> * keep the callout structures in a heap.
> 
As in "heapsort"? 

If yes: I don't remember exactly... doesn't this imply we have a
fixed upper limit to the number of callouts? (Or is it possible to cheaply
extend the heap?)

Regards,
	-is