Re: [patch V2 05/38] itimers: Use quick sample function

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Thu Aug 22 2019 - 09:45:56 EST


On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 09:08:52PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> get_itimer() locks sighand lock and checks whether the timer is already
> expired. If it is not expired then the thread group cputime accounting is
> already enabled. Use the sampling function not the one which is meant for
> starting a timer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I've always hated the abuse of thread_group_cputimer().

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>