[PATCH] timers: avoid an unnecessory iteration in __run_timers()

From: Zhenzhong Duan
Date: Sun Oct 08 2017 - 23:59:37 EST


When we know next expired timer is later than current jiffies, we don't need to
call collect_expired_timers() again checking empty hlists.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/timer.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index f2674a0..02be824 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1560,8 +1560,7 @@ static int collect_expired_timers(struct timer_base *base,
* jiffies, otherwise forward to the next expiry time:
*/
if (time_after(next, jiffies)) {
- /* The call site will increment clock! */
- base->clk = jiffies - 1;
+ base->clk = jiffies;
return 0;
}
base->clk = next;
--
1.7.3