linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2] timers: Don't wake ktimersoftd on every tick

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Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 17:51:51 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Haris Okanovic <haris.okanovic@...com>
Cc:     linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, julia.cartwright@...com, gratian.crisan@...com
Subject: Re: [RFC v2] timers: Don't wake ktimersoftd on every tick

On 2016-12-13 15:44:05 [-0600], Haris Okanovic wrote:
> Changed the way timers are collected per Julia and Thomas'
> recommendation: Expired timers are now collected in interrupt context
> and fired in ktimersoftd to avoid double-walk of `pending_map`.
…
> Thanks,
> Haris

I've been staring at it for a while now and now I applied it locally and
look how it goes.
I would need that patch signed as per
	https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin
if you want it applied.
> ---
>  kernel/time/timer.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

Sebastian