Re: [PATCH v2] tick: shift tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz() from tick_check_oneshot_change() to hrtimer_run_queues()

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 06/03, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 02 2024 at 12:20, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > @@ -1891,8 +1891,11 @@ void hrtimer_run_queues(void)
> >  	 * there only sets the check bit in the tick_oneshot code,
> >  	 * otherwise we might deadlock vs. xtime_lock.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (tick_check_oneshot_change(!hrtimer_is_hres_enabled())) {
> > -		hrtimer_switch_to_hres();
> > +	if (tick_check_oneshot_change()) {
> > +		if (hrtimer_is_hres_enabled())
> > +			hrtimer_switch_to_hres();
> > +		else
> > +			tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz();
>
> hrtimers have no business with tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(),
> really. That's a strict tick/nohz specific thing. hrtimers do not care
> about NOHZ much. They care about whether they can switch to high
> resolution mode.

OK, lets forget this patch then.

But note that the comment above the tick_check_oneshot_change() says
"switch to highres and / or nohz mode".

Thanks,

Oleg.