[PATCH V2 2/2] tick/cpuidle: Initialize hrtimer mode of broadcast

[Thomas Gleixner]

> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c
> +/*
> + * This is called from the guts of the broadcast code when the cpu
> + * which is about to enter idle has the earliest broadcast timer event.
> + */
> +static int bc_set_next(ktime_t expires, struct clock_event_device *bc)
> +{
> +	ktime_t now, interval;
> +	/*
> +	 * We try to cancel the timer first. If the callback is on
> +	 * flight on some other cpu then we let it handle it. If we
> +	 * were able to cancel the timer nothing can rearm it as we
> +	 * own broadcast_lock.
> +	 *
> +	 * However if we are called from the hrtimer interrupt handler
> +	 * itself, reprogram it.
> +	 */
> +	if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&bctimer) >= 0) {
> +		hrtimer_start(&bctimer, expires, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
> +		/* Bind the "device" to the cpu */
> +		bc->bound_on = smp_processor_id();
> +	} else if (bc->bound_on == smp_processor_id()) {

This part really wants a proper comment. It took me a while to figure
out why this is correct and what the call chain is.


> +		now = ktime_get();
> +		interval = ktime_sub(expires, now);
> +		hrtimer_forward_now(&bctimer, interval);

We are in the event handler called from bc_handler() and expires is
absolute time. So what's wrong with calling
hrtimer_set_expires(&bctimer, expires)?

> +static enum hrtimer_restart bc_handler(struct hrtimer *t)
> +{
> +	ce_broadcast_hrtimer.event_handler(&ce_broadcast_hrtimer);
> +	return HRTIMER_RESTART;

We probably want to check whether the timer needs to be restarted at
all.

	if (ce_broadcast_timer.next_event.tv64 == KTIME_MAX)
	   return HRTIMER_NORESTART;

	return HRTIMER_RESTART;

Hmm?

Thanks,

	tglx