linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/35] clockevents: Provide explicit broadcast control function

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Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:38:49 -0800
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	tglx@...utronix.de, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/35] clockevents: Provide explicit broadcast control
 function

* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> [150216 05:13]:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> clockevents_notify() is a leftover from the early design of the
> clockevents facility. It's really not a notification mechanism, it's a
> multiplex call. We are way better off to have explicit calls instead of this
> monstrosity.
> 
> Split out the broadcast control into a separate function and provide
> inline helpers. Switch clockevents_notify() over. This will go away
> once all callers are converted.
> 
> This also gets rid of the nested locking of clockevents_lock and
> broadcast_lock. The broadcast control functions do not require
> clockevents_lock. Only the managing functions
> (setup/shutdown/suspend/resume of the broadcast device require 
> clockevents_lock.

Seems to still behave for my off-idle PM tests after a quick
try on Peter's timers/core branch. Might be too late, but just
in case it's not:

Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
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