On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 15:15 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
>
> @@ -117,10 +113,8 @@ bool irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *wor
> if (work->flags & IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ) {
> if (llist_add(&work->llnode,
> this_cpu_ptr(&hirq_work_list)))
> arch_irq_work_raise();
> - } else {
> - if (llist_add(&work->llnode,
> this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list)))
> - arch_irq_work_raise();
> - }
> + } /* for lazy_list we have the timer irq */
>
> If we don't queue work without IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ set, how does it
> run?
>
> Anyway, box did not livelock, nor did it with that bit reverted.
Well, not reverted, I actually queued and maybe poked softirq, but
didn't check whether anything was being queued or not, only caring for
the nonce whether box went catatonic or kept on working.
@@ -118,8 +115,9 @@ bool irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *wor
if (llist_add(&work->llnode, this_cpu_ptr(&hirq_work_list)))
arch_irq_work_raise();
} else {
- if (llist_add(&work->llnode, this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list)))
- arch_irq_work_raise();
+ if (llist_add(&work->llnode, this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list)) &&
+ tick_nohz_tick_stopped())
+ raise_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
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