linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/25] mac80211_hwsim: Replace hrtimer tasklet with softirq hrtimer

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Date:   Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:03:16 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....org>, keescook@...omium.org,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/25] mac80211_hwsim: Replace hrtimer tasklet with
 softirq hrtimer

On Thu, 2017-08-31 at 12:23 +0000, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> Switch the timer to CLOCK_MONOTONIC_SOFT, which executed the timer
> callback in softirq context and remove the hrtimer_tasklet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> 
This looks fine to me,

Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>

Are you planning to integrate all patches in the series through some
other tree, perhaps to be able to get rid of the tasklet_hrtimer API,
or should I apply this?

johannes