From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@linutronix.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 10/10] timer: Lower base clock forwarding threshold
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:21:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878sg2t5ls.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200701011030.14324-11-frederic@kernel.org>
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> writes:
> There is no apparent reason for not forwarding base->clk when it's 2
> jiffies late, except perhaps for past optimizations. But since forwarding
> has to be done at some point now anyway, this doesn't stand anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
> ---
> kernel/time/timer.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
> index 439fee098e76..25a55c043297 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/timer.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
> @@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static inline void forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base)
> * Also while executing timers, base->clk is 1 offset ahead
> * of jiffies to avoid endless requeuing to current jffies.
> */
> - if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 2)
> + if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 1)
> return;
The apparent reason is in the comment right above the condition ...
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-02 13:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-01 1:10 [RFC PATCH 00/10] timer: Reduce timers softirq (and other optimizations) Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 01/10] timer: Prevent base->clk from moving backward Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 16:35 ` Juri Lelli
2020-07-01 23:20 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 9:59 ` Juri Lelli
2020-07-02 14:04 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 14:32 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 15:57 ` Juri Lelli
2020-07-02 9:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 02/10] timer: Move trigger_dyntick_cpu() to enqueue_timer() Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 03/10] timer: Simplify LVL_START() and calc_index() Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 11:59 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-07-02 12:27 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 04/10] timer: Optimize _next_timer_interrupt() level iteration Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 05/10] timers: Always keep track of next expiry Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 06/10] timer: Reuse next expiry cache after nohz exit Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 07/10] timer: Expand clk forward logic beyond nohz Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 08/10] timer: Spare timer softirq until next expiry Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 09/10] timer: Remove must_forward_clk Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] timer: Lower base clock forwarding threshold Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 13:21 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2020-07-02 13:32 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 15:14 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-07-03 0:12 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-03 9:13 ` Thomas Gleixner
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