linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] timer fixes

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Date:	Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:35:12 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] timer fixes

Linus,

Please pull the latest timers-fixes-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git timers-fixes-for-linus

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Arjan van de Ven (1):
      x86, timers: Check for pending timers after (device) interrupts

Eero Nurkkala (1):
      NOHZ: update idle state also when NOHZ is inactive


 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c    |    2 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/smp.c    |    1 +
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |    9 +++++++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
index 74656d1..3912061 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ unsigned int __irq_entry do_IRQ(struct pt_regs *regs)
 				__func__, smp_processor_id(), vector, irq);
 	}
 
+	run_local_timers();
 	irq_exit();
 
 	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ void smp_generic_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (generic_interrupt_extension)
 		generic_interrupt_extension();
 
+	run_local_timers();
 	irq_exit();
 
 	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
index ec1de97..d915d95 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ void smp_reschedule_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	ack_APIC_irq();
 	inc_irq_stat(irq_resched_count);
+	run_local_timers();
 	/*
 	 * KVM uses this interrupt to force a cpu out of guest mode
 	 */
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index e0f59a2..89aed59 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 	if (!inidle && !ts->inidle)
 		goto end;
 
+	/*
+	 * Set ts->inidle unconditionally. Even if the system did not
+	 * switch to NOHZ mode the cpu frequency governers rely on the
+	 * update of the idle time accounting in tick_nohz_start_idle().
+	 */
+	ts->inidle = 1;
+
 	now = tick_nohz_start_idle(ts);
 
 	/*
@@ -248,8 +255,6 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
 	if (unlikely(ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_INACTIVE))
 		goto end;
 
-	ts->inidle = 1;
-
 	if (need_resched())
 		goto end;
 
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