Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] timer: make __next_timer_interrupt explicit aboutno future event

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 25 May 2012, Chris Metcalf wrote:

> On 5/25/2012 4:48 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >> I've noticed a similar but slightly different fix to the
> >> > same problem in the Tilera kernel tree from Chris M. (I've
> >> > wrote this before seeing that one), so some variation of this
> >> > fix is in use on real hardware for some time now.
> > Sigh, why can't people post their fixes instead of burying them in
> > their private trees?
> 
> The tree was never really ready for review.  I pushed the tree just for
> reference to the nohz cpusets work, and so that I have something I can
> refer people to when I start participating more actively in that discussion.
> 
> It didn't seem useful to post a single patch by itself without more
> motivating examples behind it (i.e. without the entirety of the tree).

The code does the Wrong Thing. Independent of nohz cpusets or
whatever.

Aside of that this is also relevant for power saving stuff.

Thanks,

	tglx
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