linux-kernel - Re: deadlock in scheduler enabling HRTICK feature

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:28:54 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: deadlock in scheduler enabling HRTICK feature

On 6/28/13 3:09 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Yah! :-) Obviously doing a wakeup while holding scheduler locks isn't going to
> work out well. And the only reason we really need that pesky softirq nonsense
> is when we accidentally schedule a timer that's already expired; in that case
> we'll run it from sirq context.
>
> We don't care about missing events like that; there's always the actual tick
> for backup.
>
> I suppose I'd better go write a Changelog and properly submit the patch :-)
>

Thanks for the quick turnaround on the patch - and the explanation.

David
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