| Date | Wed, 6 Dec 2023 11:58:06 +0100 | From | Sebastian Siewior <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 27/32] timers: Check if timers base is handled already |
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On 2023-12-01 10:26:49 [+0100], Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote: > Due to the conversion of the NOHZ timer placement to a pull at expiry > time model, the per CPU timer bases with non pinned timers are no > longer handled only by the local CPU. In case a remote CPU already > expires the non pinned timers base of the local cpu, nothing more CPU
so it is consistent with the other.
> needs to be done by the local CPU. A check at the begin of the expire > timers routine is required, because timer base lock is dropped before > executing the timer callback function. > > This is a preparatory work, but has no functional impact right now. > > Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Sebastian
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