add_timer_on and CONFIG_NO_HZ

From: Joe Korty
Date: Wed May 30 2007 - 09:39:48 EST


Hi Thomas,
It seems that when add_timer_on() is used to put a timer
on another cpu's timer queue, that remote cpu should be
made to reprogram its hardware APIC timer, when CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
and the new timer is put at the front of the timer wheel.

Regards,
Joe

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