[GIT pull] timers bugfix for .28

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Oct 21 2008 - 15:30:01 EST


Linus,

Please pull the latest v28-timers-for-linus git tree from:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git v28-timers-for-linus

A single bugfix for a brown paperbag thinko introduced by myself.

Thanks,

tglx
------------------>
Thomas Gleixner (1):
NOHZ: fix thinko in the timer restart code path


kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 0581c11..727c1ae 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -567,11 +567,21 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
{
struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+ ktime_t delta, now;

if (!ts->tick_stopped)
return;

- tick_nohz_restart(ts, ktime_get());
+ /*
+ * Do not touch the tick device, when the next expiry is either
+ * already reached or less/equal than the tick period.
+ */
+ now = ktime_get();
+ delta = ktime_sub(ts->sched_timer.expires, now);
+ if (delta.tv64 <= tick_period.tv64)
+ return;
+
+ tick_nohz_restart(ts, now);
}

#else
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