[Vm-dev] Linux VM and Delay.

[Andreas Raab]

Ian Piumarta wrote:
> 
> On Jun 13, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Andreas Raab wrote:
> 
>> Gary Chambers wrote:
>>>   if (now - lastInterruptCheck > (1000/25))    /* avoid thrashing intr
>>> checks from 1ms loop in idle proc  */
>>
>> I don't think that in this day and age doing a 1000 interrupt 
>> checks/sec can be considered "thrashing" ;-) I'd just remove it and 
>> get the 1ms time resolution back.
> 
> The other thing you're likely to get back is 100% CPU usage.  But by all 
> means, try it.

Why would that be? Is there any intrinsic limitation that I'm unaware of?

Cheers,
   - Andreas