[RFC PATCH v1 06/11] timers: keep sleep length updated as needed

Aubrey Li
2017-07-10T01:49:11Z

From: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@linux.intel.com>

sleep length indicates how long we'll be idle. Currently, it's updated
only when tick nohz enters. These patch series make a new requirement
with tick, so we should keep sleep length updated as needed
---
kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 7fe53be..8bf6e8b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -988,8 +988,11 @@ void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void)
*/
ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void)
{
+ struct clock_event_device *dev = __this_cpu_read(tick_cpu_device.evtdev);
struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);

+ ts->sleep_length = ktime_sub(dev->next_event, ktime_get());
+
return ts->sleep_length;
}

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2.7.4