[tip:irq/core] irq_work: Don't stop the tick with pending works

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Commit-ID:  00b42959106a9ca1c2899e591ae4e9a83ad6af05
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/00b42959106a9ca1c2899e591ae4e9a83ad6af05
Author:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:03:07 +0100
Committer:  Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:30:39 +0100

irq_work: Don't stop the tick with pending works

Don't stop the tick if we have pending irq works on the
queue, otherwise if the arch can't raise self-IPIs, we may not
find an opportunity to execute the pending works for a while.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/irq_work.h |  6 ++++++
 kernel/irq_work.c        | 11 +++++++++++
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/irq_work.h b/include/linux/irq_work.h
index 6a9e8f5..a69704f 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq_work.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq_work.h
@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ bool irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *work);
 void irq_work_run(void);
 void irq_work_sync(struct irq_work *work);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_WORK
+bool irq_work_needs_cpu(void);
+#else
+static bool irq_work_needs_cpu(void) { return false; }
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_IRQ_WORK_H */
diff --git a/kernel/irq_work.c b/kernel/irq_work.c
index 64eddd5..b3c113a 100644
--- a/kernel/irq_work.c
+++ b/kernel/irq_work.c
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ bool irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *work)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_work_queue);
 
+bool irq_work_needs_cpu(void)
+{
+	struct llist_head *this_list;
+
+	this_list = &__get_cpu_var(irq_work_list);
+	if (llist_empty(this_list))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Run the irq_work entries on this cpu. Requires to be ran from hardirq
  * context with local IRQs disabled.
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 9e945aa..f249e8c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/profile.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/irq_work.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts,
 	} while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
 
 	if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu, &rcu_delta_jiffies) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) ||
-	    arch_needs_cpu(cpu)) {
+	    arch_needs_cpu(cpu) || irq_work_needs_cpu()) {
 		next_jiffies = last_jiffies + 1;
 		delta_jiffies = 1;
 	} else {
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