Re: [Query] Can we use normal timers (kernel/timer.c) while in NO_HZ_FULL mode?

[Frederic Weisbecker]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 07:23:20PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 4 June 2014 19:14, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > BTW, shouldn't we do something similar for mod_timer_pinned()
> > as well ?
> 
> Also, as we aren't forcing get_nohz_timer_target() to _not_ return
> a NO_HZ_FULL, we might end up queuing a timer on NO_HZ_FULL
> cpu with the unpinned timer APIs. And the same question might
> stand true for this case as well?

Right.
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