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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/tick-sched.c31
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 7aedf434353..0581c11fe6c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -508,10 +508,6 @@ static void tick_nohz_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev)
update_process_times(user_mode(regs));
profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING);
- /* Do not restart, when we are in the idle loop */
- if (ts->tick_stopped)
- return;
-
while (tick_nohz_reprogram(ts, now)) {
now = ktime_get();
tick_do_update_jiffies64(now);
@@ -557,6 +553,27 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
smp_processor_id());
}
+/*
+ * When NOHZ is enabled and the tick is stopped, we need to kick the
+ * tick timer from irq_enter() so that the jiffies update is kept
+ * alive during long running softirqs. That's ugly as hell, but
+ * correctness is key even if we need to fix the offending softirq in
+ * the first place.
+ *
+ * Note, this is different to tick_nohz_restart. We just kick the
+ * timer and do not touch the other magic bits which need to be done
+ * when idle is left.
+ */
+static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
+{
+ struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+
+ if (!ts->tick_stopped)
+ return;
+
+ tick_nohz_restart(ts, ktime_get());
+}
+
#else
static inline void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void) { }
@@ -568,9 +585,11 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void) { }
*/
void tick_check_idle(int cpu)
{
+ tick_check_oneshot_broadcast(cpu);
#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
tick_nohz_stop_idle(cpu);
tick_nohz_update_jiffies();
+ tick_nohz_kick_tick(cpu);
#endif
}
@@ -627,10 +646,6 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart tick_sched_timer(struct hrtimer *timer)
profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING);
}
- /* Do not restart, when we are in the idle loop */
- if (ts->tick_stopped)
- return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
-
hrtimer_forward(timer, now, tick_period);
return HRTIMER_RESTART;