linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/14] timer: don't emulate notifier call to initialize timer base

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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:13:43 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
CC:	tglx@...utronix.de, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fweisbec@...il.com,
	linaro-networking@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] timer: don't emulate notifier call to initialize
 timer base

On 03/26/2014 04:51 PM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> In init_timers() we need to call init_timers_cpu() for boot CPU. For this,
> currently we are emulating a call to hotplug notifier. Probably this was done
> initially to get rid of code redundancy. But this sequence always called a
> single routine, i.e. init_timers_cpu(), and so calling that routine directly
> would be better. This would get rid of emulating a notifier call, few typecasts
> and the extra steps we are doing in notifier callback.
> 
> So, this patch calls init_timers_cpu() directly from init_timers().
>

Same here: I don't think this is a good idea, for the same reason I gave
for patch 12.

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat
 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> ---
>  kernel/timer.c | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
> index 4360edc..d13eb56 100644
> --- a/kernel/timer.c
> +++ b/kernel/timer.c
> @@ -1666,15 +1666,9 @@ static struct notifier_block timers_nb = {
> 
>  void __init init_timers(void)
>  {
> -	int err;
> -
>  	/* ensure there are enough low bits for flags in timer->base pointer */
>  	BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(struct tvec_base) & TIMER_FLAG_MASK);
> -
> -	err = timer_cpu_notify(&timers_nb, (unsigned long)CPU_UP_PREPARE,
> -			       (void *)(long)smp_processor_id());
> -	BUG_ON(err != NOTIFY_OK);
> -
> +	BUG_ON(init_timers_cpu(smp_processor_id()));
>  	init_timer_stats();
>  	register_cpu_notifier(&timers_nb);
>  	open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq);
> 

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