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[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / timers / NO_HZ.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt b/Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt
@@ -158,13 +158,9 @@ not come for free:
        to the need to inform kernel subsystems (such as RCU) about
        the change in mode.
 
-3.     POSIX CPU timers on adaptive-tick CPUs may miss their deadlines
-       (perhaps indefinitely) because they currently rely on
-       scheduling-tick interrupts.  This will likely be fixed in
-       one of two ways: (1) Prevent CPUs with POSIX CPU timers from
-       entering adaptive-tick mode, or (2) Use hrtimers or other
-       adaptive-ticks-immune mechanism to cause the POSIX CPU timer to
-       fire properly.
+3.     POSIX CPU timers prevent CPUs from entering adaptive-tick mode.
+       Real-time applications needing to take actions based on CPU time
+       consumption need to use other means of doing so.
 
 4.     If there are more perf events pending than the hardware can
        accommodate, they are normally round-robined so as to collect