from looking at the code, it seems that the softirq is only raised (in the !base->active_timers case) if we have also an expired timer (time_before_eq() is true). This patch ensures that the timer softirq is also raised in the !base->active_timers && no timer expired. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/timer.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c index 6b3c172..b04c879 100644 --- a/kernel/timer.c +++ b/kernel/timer.c @@ -1453,6 +1453,7 @@ static void run_timer_softirq(struct softirq_action *h) void run_local_timers(void) { struct tvec_base *base = __this_cpu_read(tvec_bases); + bool need_raise = false; hrtimer_run_queues(); /* @@ -1470,12 +1471,17 @@ void run_local_timers(void) #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL /* On RT, irq work runs from softirq */ if (!irq_work_needs_cpu()) -#endif goto out; + need_raise = true; +#else + goto out; +#endif } /* Check whether the next pending timer has expired */ if (time_before_eq(base->next_timer, jiffies)) + need_raise = true; + if (need_raise) raise_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ); out: #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL -- 1.8.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html