Re: [PATCH v10 20/20] timers: Always queue timers on the local CPU

[Anna-Maria Behnsen]

Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Le Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 03:37:43PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a écrit :
>> The timer pull model is in place so we can remove the heuristics which try
>> to guess the best target CPU at enqueue/modification time.
>> 
>> All non pinned timers are queued on the local CPU in the separate storage
>> and eventually pulled at expiry time to a remote CPU.
>> 
>> Originally-by: Richard Cochran (linutronix GmbH) <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Just one detail below:
>
>> @@ -590,10 +590,13 @@ trigger_dyntick_cpu(struct timer_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
>>  
>>  	/*
>>  	 * We might have to IPI the remote CPU if the base is idle and the
>> -	 * timer is not deferrable. If the other CPU is on the way to idle
>> -	 * then it can't set base->is_idle as we hold the base lock:
>> +	 * timer is pinned. If it is a non pinned timer, it is only queued
>> +	 * on the remote CPU, when timer was running during queueing. Then
>> +	 * everything is handled by remote CPU anyway. If the other CPU is
>> +	 * on the way to idle then it can't set base->is_idle as we hold
>> +	 * the base lock:
>>  	 */
>> -	if (base->is_idle)
>> +	if (base->is_idle && timer->flags & TIMER_PINNED)
>
> Is the TIMER_PINNED test necessary? If base->is_idle, then the timer
> is now guaranteed to be TIMER_PINNED, right?
>

Yes, you are right. Should I drop it? To clarify it, I could add a

  WARN_ON_ONCE(!timer->flags & TIMER_PINNED)

instead.

Thanks,

	Anna-Maria