linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RT 2/4] Revert "timers: do not raise softirq unconditionally"

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Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2015 15:39:16 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Carsten Emde <C.Emde@...dl.org>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT 2/4] Revert "timers: do not raise softirq
 unconditionally"

* Mike Galbraith | 2015-03-25 03:33:53 [+0100]:

>Nah, I was referring to get_next_timer_interrupt() because I saw that
>rt_spin_unlock_after_trylock_in_irq(&base->lock) sitting there.

Hmm. Good question. But it was Ingo who introduced the lock, so it might
have special Ingo magic included.

>	-Mike

Sebastian
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