[tip: irq/core] irq: Call tick_irq_enter() inside HARDIRQ_OFFSET

From: tip-bot2 for Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Wed Dec 02 2020 - 14:24:04 EST


The following commit has been merged into the irq/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: d14ce74f1fb376ccbbc0b05ded477ada51253729
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d14ce74f1fb376ccbbc0b05ded477ada51253729
Author: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:57:32 +01:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:20:05 +01:00

irq: Call tick_irq_enter() inside HARDIRQ_OFFSET

Now that account_hardirq_enter() is called after HARDIRQ_OFFSET has
been incremented, there is nothing left that prevents us from also
moving tick_irq_enter() after HARDIRQ_OFFSET is incremented.

The desired outcome is to remove the nasty hack that prevents softirqs
from being raised through ksoftirqd instead of the hardirq bottom half.
Also tick_irq_enter() then becomes appropriately covered by lockdep.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201202115732.27827-6-frederic@xxxxxxxxxx

---
kernel/softirq.c | 14 +++++---------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index b8f42b3..d5bfd5e 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -377,16 +377,12 @@ restart:
*/
void irq_enter_rcu(void)
{
- if (is_idle_task(current) && !in_interrupt()) {
- /*
- * Prevent raise_softirq from needlessly waking up ksoftirqd
- * here, as softirq will be serviced on return from interrupt.
- */
- local_bh_disable();
+ __irq_enter_raw();
+
+ if (is_idle_task(current) && (irq_count() == HARDIRQ_OFFSET))
tick_irq_enter();
- _local_bh_enable();
- }
- __irq_enter();
+
+ account_hardirq_enter(current);
}

/**