linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] timers: internal_add_timer() should update ->next_timer if ->active

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:56:50 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	josh@...htriplett.org, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	darren@...art.com, fweisbec@...il.com, sbw@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] timers: internal_add_timer() should update
 ->next_timer if ->active_timers == 0

On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:31:37 +0100
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:

> internal_add_timer(timer) updates base->next_timer only if
> timer->expires < base->next_timer. This is correct, but it also
> makes sense to do the same if we add the first non-deferrable
> timer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

Makes sense.

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

-- Steve

> ---
>  kernel/timer.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
> index 6582b82..9492d57 100644
> --- a/kernel/timer.c
> +++ b/kernel/timer.c
> @@ -388,9 +388,9 @@ static void internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
>  	 * Update base->active_timers and base->next_timer
>  	 */
>  	if (!tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base)) {
> -		if (time_before(timer->expires, base->next_timer))
> +		if (!base->active_timers++ ||
> +		    time_before(timer->expires, base->next_timer))
>  			base->next_timer = timer->expires;
> -		base->active_timers++;
>  	}
>  }
>  

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