Re: [PATCH 3/4] Make net watchdog timers 1 sec jiffy aligned

Venki Pallipadi [off-list ref] writes:

If this does not work:
Another option is to use 'deferrable timer' here which will be called at
same as before time when CPU is busy and on idle CPU it will be delayed until
CPU comes out of idle due to any other events.

That would sound like a good idea here and at least power wise 
it should be nearly free

-Andi