linux-kernel - [PATCH 23/27] nohz: Don't stop the tick if posix cpu timers are running

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Date:	Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:43:02 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 23/27] nohz: Don't stop the tick if posix cpu timers are running

If either a per thread or a per process posix cpu timer is running,
don't stop the tick.

TODO: restart the tick if it is stopped and a posix cpu timer is
enqueued. Check we probably need a memory barrier for the per
process posix timer that can be enqueued from another task
of the group.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 include/linux/posix-timers.h |    1 +
 kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c    |   11 +++++++++++
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c     |    4 ++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/posix-timers.h b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
index 042058f..97480c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix-timers.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix-timers.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ int posix_timer_event(struct k_itimer *timr, int si_private);
 void posix_cpu_timer_schedule(struct k_itimer *timer);
 
 void run_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *task);
+bool posix_cpu_timers_running(struct task_struct *tsk);
 void posix_cpu_timers_exit(struct task_struct *task);
 void posix_cpu_timers_exit_group(struct task_struct *task);
 
diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 165d476..15f8f4f 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1269,6 +1269,17 @@ static inline int fastpath_timer_check(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+bool posix_cpu_timers_running(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	if (!task_cputime_zero(&tsk->cputime_expires))
+		return true;
+
+	if (tsk->signal->cputimer.running)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * This is called from the timer interrupt handler.  The irq handler has
  * already updated our counts.  We need to check if any timers fire now.
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 04504c4..eb6ad3d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/irq_work.h>
+#include <linux/posix-timers.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 
@@ -599,6 +600,9 @@ static bool can_stop_full_tick(int cpu)
 	if (rcu_pending(cpu))
 		return false;
 
+	if (posix_cpu_timers_running(current))
+		return false;
+
 	return true;
 }
 #endif
-- 
1.7.5.4

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