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SubjectRe: [v2 PATCH 1/4] timers: framework to identify pinned timers.
* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> [2009-03-05 17:53:40]:

> On 03/04, Arun R Bharadwaj wrote:
> >
> > +static inline unsigned long tbase_get_flag_bits(struct timer_list *timer)
> > +{
> > + return tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base) |
> > + tbase_get_pinned(timer->base);
> > +}
>
> I'd say this looks a bit strange. Hopefully compiler can optimize this code
> to return (unsigned long)base & (TBASE_DEFERRABLE_FLAG | TBASE_PINNED_FLAG).
>

Misread the above statement.
The code is functionally correct. But not sure if the compiler
optimizes in the way that you have mentioned.

> > @@ -736,6 +759,7 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *tim
> > struct tvec_base *base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);
> > unsigned long flags;
> >
> > + timer_set_pinned(timer);
>
> But we never clear TBASE_PINNED_FLAG?
>
> If we use mod_timer() next time, the timer remains "pinned". I do not say
> this is really wrong, but a bit strange imho.
>
> Oleg.
>


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