KIdleTime : provide a settable resolution for the polling backends?

René J. V. Bertin rjvbertin at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 01:05:18 UTC 2015


Aleix Pol wrote:


> I guess it's because it shouldn't poll necessarily, but get a
> notification whenever the OS considers appropriate. Polling is
> considered a bad practice in general.

I'd agree, but not all OSes provide other mechanisms, in which case polling is 
the only remaining option.
Reason the more to allow the polling load to be tuned to requirements if you ask 
me.

R.



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