linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] irq_work: Split raised and lazy lists

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:56:53 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] irq_work: Split raised and lazy lists

On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 04:54:42PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 04:40:16PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > @@ -90,10 +89,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_work_queue);
> >  
> >  bool irq_work_needs_cpu(void)
> >  {
> > -	struct llist_head *this_list;
> > +	struct llist_head *list;
> >  
> > -	this_list = &__get_cpu_var(irq_work_list);
> > -	if (llist_empty(this_list))
> > +	list = &__get_cpu_var(lazy_list);
> > +	if (llist_empty(list))
> >  		return false;
> >  
> >  	/* All work should have been flushed before going offline */
> 
> Does this mean needs_cpu() only checks the lazy list? What about archs
> without the arch_irq_work_raise() function? They run the other list from
> the tick too.

Right, I'll fix that too.
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