Commit-ID: 1340f3e0b29b745a33f431455c3a37f48197bc81 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/1340f3e0b29b745a33f431455c3a37f48197bc81 Author: Torben Hohn <torbenh@xxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:59:15 +0100 Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:55:43 +0100 alpha: Change do_timer() to xtime_update() xtime_update() takes the xtime_lock itself. timer_interrupt() is only called on the boot cpu. See do_entInt(). So "state" in timer_interrupt does not require protection by xtime_lock. Signed-off-by: Torben Hohn <torbenh@xxxxxx> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: yong.zhang0@xxxxxxxxx LKML-Reference: <20110127145915.23248.20919.stgit@localhost> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/alpha/kernel/time.c | 8 ++------ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c index c1f3e7c..a58e84f 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts) /* * timer_interrupt() needs to keep up the real-time clock, - * as well as call the "do_timer()" routine every clocktick + * as well as call the "xtime_update()" routine every clocktick */ irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev) { @@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev) profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING); #endif - write_seqlock(&xtime_lock); - /* * Calculate how many ticks have passed since the last update, * including any previous partial leftover. Save any resulting @@ -187,9 +185,7 @@ irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev) nticks = delta >> FIX_SHIFT; if (nticks) - do_timer(nticks); - - write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock); + xtime_update(nticks); if (test_irq_work_pending()) { clear_irq_work_pending(); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html