From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422916AbWJRUbl (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:31:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422923AbWJRUbk (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:31:40 -0400 Received: from www.osadl.org ([213.239.205.134]:31121 "EHLO mail.tglx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422916AbWJRUbj (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:31:39 -0400 Subject: Re: + dynticks-extend-next_timer_interrupt-to-use-a-reference-jiffie-remove-incorrect-warning-in-kernel-timerc.patch added to -mm tree From: Thomas Gleixner Reply-To: tglx@linutronix.de To: akpm@osdl.org Cc: cotte@de.ibm.com, mingo@elte.hu, LKML In-Reply-To: <200610182026.k9IKQIl0016830@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <200610182026.k9IKQIl0016830@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:32:19 +0200 Message-Id: <1161203540.5274.232.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 13:26 -0700, akpm@osdl.org wrote: > Problem is, that the warning assumes that there are always pending timer > events on a system when a CPU is going idle. But this is not true in > general, the system may be waiting for an I/O interruption, or the CPU may > wait for an interprocessor signal. The patch below removes the warning, > please apply. Makes sense. Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner