> >> So I think monotonic wallclock time actually makes the most sense here.
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> > 
> > This is asking for trouble... a config option to disable this would be
> > nice. But as I don't know which problem this patch originally addresses
> > it might be that this is needed anyway. So lets see why we need it first.
> How about this. We'll make this a sysctl, as Rusty already did, and set the
> default to 0 which means "never timeout". That way crazy people like me who
> care about this scenario can enable this feature.

Yes, sounds like that should work for everyone and no additional config
option as well. Sounds good to me.
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