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Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull NOHZ fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "This fixes an old NOHZ race where we incorrectly calculate the next
  timer interrupt in certain circumstances where hrtimers are pending,
  that can cause hard to reproduce stalled-values artifacts in
  /proc/stat"

* 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  nohz: Fix collision between tick and other hrtimers
Linus Torvalds 8 years ago
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2 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 7 2
      kernel/time/tick-sched.c
  2. 2 0
      kernel/time/tick-sched.h

+ 7 - 2
kernel/time/tick-sched.c

@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 	tick = expires;
 
 	/* Skip reprogram of event if its not changed */
-	if (ts->tick_stopped && (expires == dev->next_event))
+	if (ts->tick_stopped && (expires == ts->next_tick))
 		goto out;
 
 	/*
@@ -787,6 +787,8 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 		trace_tick_stop(1, TICK_DEP_MASK_NONE);
 	}
 
+	ts->next_tick = tick;
+
 	/*
 	 * If the expiration time == KTIME_MAX, then we simply stop
 	 * the tick timer.
@@ -802,7 +804,10 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 	else
 		tick_program_event(tick, 1);
 out:
-	/* Update the estimated sleep length */
+	/*
+	 * Update the estimated sleep length until the next timer
+	 * (not only the tick).
+	 */
 	ts->sleep_length = ktime_sub(dev->next_event, now);
 	return tick;
 }

+ 2 - 0
kernel/time/tick-sched.h

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ enum tick_nohz_mode {
  *			timer is modified for nohz sleeps. This is necessary
  *			to resume the tick timer operation in the timeline
  *			when the CPU returns from nohz sleep.
+ * @next_tick:		Next tick to be fired when in dynticks mode.
  * @tick_stopped:	Indicator that the idle tick has been stopped
  * @idle_jiffies:	jiffies at the entry to idle for idle time accounting
  * @idle_calls:		Total number of idle calls
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ struct tick_sched {
 	unsigned long			check_clocks;
 	enum tick_nohz_mode		nohz_mode;
 	ktime_t				last_tick;
+	ktime_t				next_tick;
 	int				inidle;
 	int				tick_stopped;
 	unsigned long			idle_jiffies;