linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/timers 2/4] timers: Reduce __run

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Message-ID: <20140116022251.GP10038@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:22:51 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	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 tip/core/timers 2/4] timers: Reduce __run_timers()
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 03:47:10PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:32:45 -0800
> Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 06:38:58PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > > forgot to mention...
> > > 
> > > On 01/14, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > >
> > > > +static bool catchup_timer_jiffies(struct tvec_base *base)
> > > > +{
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
> > > > +	if (!base->all_timers) {
> > > > +		base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
> > > > +		return 1;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */
> > > > +	return 0;
> > > > +}
> > > 
> > > Do we really want ifdef?
> > > 
> > > This check is cheap, and !CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL case looks a bit
> > > strange because we still update ->all_timers for no reason.
> > 
> > There's an easy way to improve this: instead of using an ifdef, put
> > "IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && " in the if condition.
> 
> Why even bother with that? What's wrong with doing this check all the
> time? Looks like it will save of the normal case too.

Sold!  I removed the ifdef.

							Thanx, Paul

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