linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/9] timer: Remove must_forward

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Date:   Tue,  7 Jul 2020 03:32:52 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] timer: Remove must_forward_clk

There is no reason to keep this guard around. The code makes sure that
base->clk remains sane and won't be forwarded beyond jiffies nor set
backward.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/time/timer.c | 22 ++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index cbc5ac7f772d..60126d5c79e1 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ struct timer_base {
 	unsigned long		next_expiry;
 	unsigned int		cpu;
 	bool			is_idle;
-	bool			must_forward_clk;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(pending_map, WHEEL_SIZE);
 	struct hlist_head	vectors[WHEEL_SIZE];
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
@@ -885,12 +884,13 @@ get_target_base(struct timer_base *base, unsigned tflags)
 
 static inline void forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base)
 {
-	unsigned long jnow;
+	unsigned long jnow = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
 
-	if (!base->must_forward_clk)
-		return;
-
-	jnow = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
+	/*
+	 * No need to forward if we are close enough below jiffies.
+	 * Also while executing timers, base->clk is 1 offset ahead
+	 * of jiffies to avoid endless requeuing to current jffies.
+	 */
 	if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 2)
 		return;
 
@@ -1721,16 +1721,8 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct timer_base *base)
 	timer_base_lock_expiry(base);
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&base->lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * timer_base::must_forward_clk must be cleared before running
-	 * timers so that any timer functions that call mod_timer() will
-	 * not try to forward the base.
-	 */
-	base->must_forward_clk = false;
-
 	while (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->clk) &&
 	       time_after_eq(jiffies, base->next_expiry)) {
-
 		levels = collect_expired_timers(base, heads);
 		base->clk++;
 		base->next_expiry = __next_timer_interrupt(base);
@@ -1738,7 +1730,6 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct timer_base *base)
 		while (levels--)
 			expire_timers(base, heads + levels);
 	}
-	base->must_forward_clk = true;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
 	timer_base_unlock_expiry(base);
 }
@@ -1934,7 +1925,6 @@ int timers_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 		base->clk = jiffies;
 		base->next_expiry = base->clk + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA;
 		base->is_idle = false;
-		base->must_forward_clk = true;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.26.2