On 02/07/2017 03:56, Wanpeng Li wrote: >>> - if (!apic_lvtt_period(apic) && atomic_read(&ktimer->pending)) >>> + if (!apic_lvtt_period(apic) && (r || atomic_read(&ktimer->pending))) { >>> + if (r) >>> + apic_timer_expired(apic); >>> return false; >>> + } >> >> This logic is not the same as in my v4 >> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1434040.html >> . You return false for the expired timer and actually it will switch >> to sw timer. > > Ah, I miss read it, the rebase is correct. Yeah, I'm not entirely satisfied with it but it's working: start_sw timer will see ktimer->pending and do nothing. But thinking more about it, maybe the "if (r)" can be omitted completely? We need to benchmark it but it can be done. Paolo