linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 31/36] mac80211_hwsim: Replace hrtimer tasklet with softirq hrtimer

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Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:27:28 +0100
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, keescook@...omium.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 31/36] mac80211_hwsim: Replace hrtimer tasklet with
 softirq hrtimer

On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 16:30 +0100, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> Switch the timer to HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT, which executed the timer
> callback in softirq context and remove the hrtimer_tasklet.

You didn't change the commit log to HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT, but
otherwise looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net

johannes