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Subject[PATCH 0/2] del_timer_sync: proof of concept
Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> If we're prepared to rule that a timer handler is not allowed to do
> add_timer_on() then a recurring timer is permanently pinned to a CPU, isn't
> it?
>
> That should make things simpler?

In that case I think that both problems (race and scalability)
can be solved without increasing sizeof(timer_list).

What if timer_list had ->pending field? Then we can do:

timer_pending:
return timer->pending;

__mod_timer:
internal_add_timer(new_base, timer);
timer->base = new_base;
timer->pending = 1;

__run_timers:
list_del(&timer->entry);
set_running_timer(base, timer);

/* do not change timer->base */
timer->pending = 0;

spin_unlock(base->lock);
timer->function();

del_timer:
if (!timer->pending)
return 0;
base = timer->base;
...

del_timer_sync:
base = timer->base;
if (!base)
return 0;
spin_lock(base->lock);

if (base != timer->base)
goto del_again;
if (base->running_timer == timer)
goto del_again;

if (timer->pending)
list_del(&timer->entry);

timer->pending = 0;
timer->base = NULL;

The ->pending flag could live in the least significant bit of
timer->base, this way we:
1. do not waste the space
2. can read/write base+pending atomically

These patches are incomplete/suboptimal, just a proof of concept.

Oleg.
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