linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 7/8] timers/migration: Spare write when nothing changed

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Message-Id: <20240716-tmigr-fixes-v4-7-757baa7803fe@linutronix.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:19:25 +0200
From: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, 
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v4 7/8] timers/migration: Spare write when nothing changed

The wakeup value is written unconditionally in tmigr_cpu_new_timer(). When
there was no new next timer expiry that needs to be propagated, then the
value that was read before is written. This is not required.

Move write to the place where wakeup value could have changed.

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/timer_migration.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
index 5c206e71c212..d9f7e9b77f11 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
@@ -1215,14 +1215,13 @@ u64 tmigr_cpu_new_timer(u64 nextexp)
 		if (nextexp != tmc->cpuevt.nextevt.expires ||
 		    tmc->cpuevt.ignore) {
 			ret = tmigr_new_timer(tmc, nextexp);
+			/*
+			 * Make sure the reevaluation of timers in idle path
+			 * will not miss an event.
+			 */
+			WRITE_ONCE(tmc->wakeup, ret);
 		}
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Make sure the reevaluation of timers in idle path will not miss an
-	 * event.
-	 */
-	WRITE_ONCE(tmc->wakeup, ret);
-
 	trace_tmigr_cpu_new_timer_idle(tmc, nextexp);
 	raw_spin_unlock(&tmc->lock);
 	return ret;

-- 
2.39.2