linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 05/38] itimers: Use quick sample function

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Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:15:09 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 05/38] itimers: Use quick sample function

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 09:08:52PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> get_itimer() locks sighand lock and checks whether the timer is already
> expired. If it is not expired then the thread group cputime accounting is
> already enabled. Use the sampling function not the one which is meant for
> starting a timer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

I've always hated the abuse of thread_group_cputimer().

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>