linux-kernel - [13/90] hrtimer: Fix /proc/timer

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Date:	Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:14:24 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [13/90] hrtimer: Fix /proc/timer_list regression

2.6.31-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>

commit 8629ea2eaba8ca0de2e38ce1b4a825e16255976e upstream.

commit 507e1231 (timer stats: Optimize by adding quick check to avoid
function calls) introduced a regression in /proc/timer_list.

/proc/timer_list shows now
 #0: <c27d46b0>, tick_sched_timer, S:01, <(null)>, /-1
instead of
 #0: <c27d46b0>, tick_sched_timer, S:01, hrtimer_start, swapper/0

Revert the hrtimer quick check for now. The optimization needs more
thought, but this is neither 2.6.32-rc7 nor stable material.

[ tglx: - Removed unrelated changes from the original patch
  	- Prevent unneccesary call to timer_stats_update_stats
	- massaged the changelog ]

Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
LKML-Reference: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0911181933540.24119@...alhost.localdomain>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 include/linux/hrtimer.h |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ extern void timer_stats_update_stats(voi
 
 static inline void timer_stats_account_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
-	if (likely(!timer->start_site))
+	if (likely(!timer_stats_active))
 		return;
 	timer_stats_update_stats(timer, timer->start_pid, timer->start_site,
 				 timer->function, timer->start_comm, 0);
@@ -459,8 +459,6 @@ extern void __timer_stats_hrtimer_set_st
 
 static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
-	if (likely(!timer_stats_active))
-		return;
 	__timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer, __builtin_return_address(0));
 }
 


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