linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 16/18] timer: Implement the hierarchical pull model

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Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:24:14 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 16/18] timer: Implement the hierarchical pull model

Le Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 03:17:42PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a écrit :
> diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..5a600de3623b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
> +static bool tmigr_active_up(struct tmigr_group *group,
> +			    struct tmigr_group *child,
> +			    void *ptr)
> +{
> +	union tmigr_state curstate, newstate;
> +	struct tmigr_walk *data = ptr;
> +	bool walk_done;
> +	u32 childmask;
> +
> +	childmask = data->childmask;
> +	newstate = curstate = data->groupstate;
> +
> +retry:
> +	walk_done = true;
> +
> +	if (newstate.migrator == TMIGR_NONE) {
> +		newstate.migrator = (u8)childmask;
> +
> +		/* Changes need to be propagated */
> +		walk_done = false;
> +	}
> +
> +	newstate.active |= (u8)childmask;
> +
> +	newstate.seq++;

Are you sure you need this seq counter? What bad scenario can happen without it?

Thanks.
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