RFR: 8307766: Linux: Provide the option to override the timer slack [v7]

[David Holmes]

On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 07:32:21 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Or do threads inherit this override from their parent threads? So you only set it once for main thread?

Exactly. And my understanding is that we are only concerned with the main set of Java threads not any natively attached threads. If you have native threads then they can set their own values. We should not be second-guessing or trying to save/restore.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13889#discussion_r1249887969