linux-kernel - Re: kernel/timer: avoid spurious ksoftirqd wakeups

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2015 17:29:54 -0300
From:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:	Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com>
Cc:	"'Luiz Capitulino'" <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel/timer: avoid spurious ksoftirqd wakeups

On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 11:32:49AM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> > --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> > +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> > @@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
> >  	unsigned long rcu_delta_jiffies;
> >  	struct clock_event_device *dev = __this_cpu_read(tick_cpu_device.evtdev);
> >  	u64 time_delta;
> > +	bool raise_softirq;
> > 
> s/raise_softirq/raise_softirq = false/ ?

Not necessary, variable is initialized before being used.

> >  	time_delta = timekeeping_max_deferment();
> > 
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