Which CPU do timers run on?

Timur Tabi (ttabi@interactivesi.com)
Sun, 09 Sep 2001 15:46:00 -0500


When I create a timer (init_timer(), etc) on an SMP system, will the timer
always run on one CPU, or can it run on any CPU? If I disabled interrupts on
only one CPU, will that disable the timer completely?

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