[tip: sched/hrtick] hrtimer: Evaluate timer expiry only once

From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 10:47:07 EST


The following commit has been merged into the sched/hrtick branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 8ffc9ea88136903812448a04127e1ee2c0460f24
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/8ffc9ea88136903812448a04127e1ee2c0460f24
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:37:14 +01:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:40:10 +01:00

hrtimer: Evaluate timer expiry only once

No point in accessing the timer twice.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224163430.409352042@xxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 0448ba9..e6f02e9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -810,10 +810,11 @@ static void hrtimer_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer, bool reprogram)
{
struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base = this_cpu_ptr(&hrtimer_bases);
struct hrtimer_clock_base *base = timer->base;
- ktime_t expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer), base->offset);
+ ktime_t expires = hrtimer_get_expires(timer);

- WARN_ON_ONCE(hrtimer_get_expires(timer) < 0);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(expires < 0);

+ expires = ktime_sub(expires, base->offset);
/*
* CLOCK_REALTIME timer might be requested with an absolute
* expiry time which is less than base->offset. Set it to 0.