linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] timer: really raise softirq if there is irq

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Message-ID: <52EBF41E.2010608@linutronix.de>
Date:	Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:06:06 +0100
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] timer: really raise softirq if there is irq_work
 to do

On 01/31/2014 06:07 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> The bug that I found is that if there *are* active timers, but they
> have not expired yet. Why is this a problem? Because in that case we do

Argh, right. But your patch looks also way better. After I made I was
not too happy about that amount of ifdef and wanted to redo it later.
What you just posted is a way better solution.

Sebastian
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