linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 15/20] timers: Check if timers base is handled already

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:22:43 +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>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@...e.cz>,
	Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>,
	"Gautham R . Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@....com>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com>,
	K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 15/20] timers: Check if timers base is handled already

Le Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 03:37:38PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a écrit :
> Due to the conversion of the NOHZ timer placement to a pull at expiry
> time model, the per CPU timer bases with non pinned timers are no
> longer handled only by the local CPU. In case a remote CPU already
> expires the non pinned timers base of the local CPU, nothing more
> needs to be done by the local CPU. A check at the begin of the expire
> timers routine is required, because timer base lock is dropped before
> executing the timer callback function.
> 
> This is a preparatory work, but has no functional impact right now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>

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