Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] timers: Don't search for expired timers while TIMER_SOFTIRQ is scheduled

[Haris Okanovic]

> Could please point me to the code/patches or something?

I rebase onto v4.14.20-rt17, running some sanity test before reposting 
to ml (cyclictest & Anna's timertest). Will post V4 sometime today (US 
Central Time) if everything goes well.

Are you also asking for a 4.9 version? I'm fine leaving it out of 4.9.

-- Haris


On 03/02/2018 08:52 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2018-03-01 12:37:49 [-0600], Haris Okanovic wrote:
> > It was added back into 4.9 at some point after v4.9.30-rt20. I see an older
> > version in v4.9.68-rt60, for example, hence my original email. It was
> > dropped sometime thereafter, presumably because it no longer cleanly
> > applies. I don't see it in v4.14.20-rt17, for example.
>
> It was removed in v4.9.34-rt24 via 95d4a348841d ("Revert "timers: Don't
> wake ktimersoftd on every tick""). I don't see any leftovers or an older
> version.
> Looking at the queue I see two patches from you and that is:
>   timers: Don't wake ktimersoftd on every tick
>   tpm_tis: fix stall after iowrite*()s
>
> and the former is reverted. This was v4.9.84-rt62 that I've been looking
> at. Could please point me to the code/patches or something?
>
> > > Is there a newer patch pending on your side?
> >
> > Not yet. The latest version on patchwork is OK, just needs to be rebased
> > post-4.9. I'll post a new version when I get a chance to build and retest
> > it.
> okay.
>
> Sebastian