linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/10] nohz: Disable the tick when irq resume in full dynticks CPU

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Message-Id: <1366657186-20556-11-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:59:46 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	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>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"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 10/10] nohz: Disable the tick when irq resume in full dynticks CPU

Eventually try to disable tick on irq exit, now that the
fundamental infrastructure is in place.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
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: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>
Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
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>
---
 kernel/softirq.c |   19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index de15813..8b1446d 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -337,6 +337,19 @@ static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline void tick_irq_exit(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+	/* Make sure that timer wheel updates are propagated */
+	if ((idle_cpu(cpu) && !need_resched()) || tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu)) {
+		if (!in_interrupt())
+			tick_nohz_irq_exit();
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * Exit an interrupt context. Process softirqs if needed and possible:
  */
@@ -348,11 +361,7 @@ void irq_exit(void)
 	if (!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending())
 		invoke_softirq();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
-	/* Make sure that timer wheel updates are propagated */
-	if (idle_cpu(smp_processor_id()) && !in_interrupt() && !need_resched())
-		tick_nohz_irq_exit();
-#endif
+	tick_irq_exit();
 	rcu_irq_exit();
 	sched_preempt_enable_no_resched();
 }
-- 
1.7.5.4

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