Re: [PATCH] NOHZ, check to see if tick device is initialized in IRQhandling path

From: Tony Luck
Date: Thu May 02 2013 - 18:51:51 EST


> void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void)
> {
> struct tick_sched *ts = &__get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_sched);
> + struct clock_event_device *dev =
> + __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
> +
> + /* Has the tick been initialized yet? */
> + if (unlikely(!dev || dev->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED))
> + return;

Could we have something in the "struct tick_sched" to tell us whether
it has been set up? Rather than this somewhat convoluted digging
around in the clock_event_device innards?

> + if (unlikely(!dev || dev->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED))
> + return;

Ditto here.

-Tony
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