linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 05/20] driver/net/ethernet/tile: Initialize timer as pinned

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 20:14:42 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, rt@...utronix.de,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	George Spelvin <linux@...encehorizons.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 05/20] driver/net/ethernet/tile: Initialize timer as
 pinned

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 01:26:32PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> @@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ static void tile_net_register(void *dev_
>  		BUG();
>  
>  	/* Initialize the egress timer. */
> -	init_timer(&info->egress_timer);
> +	init_pinned_timer(&info->egress_timer);

init_timer_pinned() works loads better

>  	info->egress_timer.data = (long)info;
>  	info->egress_timer.function = tile_net_handle_egress_timer;
>  
> 
>