[LITMUS^RT] request for review: patches for arbitrary deadlines

[Christopher Kenna]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Glenn Elliott <gelliott at cs.unc.edu> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Please find two patched attached for review that add support for
> arbitrary deadlines in Litmus.  One patch is for litmus and the other
> is for liblitmus.  Please read the patch commit messages for more
> information.
>
> I'm not exactly happy with the API changes for liblitmus because they
> are disruptive with legacy code (a relative deadline has been added).
> However, this seemed to be the correct change with respect to the API
> though.
>
> Patches are also available for view at rtsrv.unc.edu/cgit for UNC folks.
>
> Thanks,
> Glenn

I had not looked at the liblitmus patch in my previous email. I was
wondering about the choice of the REL_DEADLINE define--do you think we
can keep it consistent with the kernel (you used rdeadline there), if
you decide to keep the name rdeadline?