Re: [PATCH v4 14/16] timer: Implement the hierarchical pull model

[Frederic Weisbecker]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 03:57:35PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote:
> @@ -1859,6 +1863,36 @@ void forward_and_idle_timer_bases(unsigned long basej, u64 basem,
>  	 */
>  	is_idle = time_after(nextevt, basej + 1);
>  
> +	if (is_idle) {
> +		u64 next_tmigr;
> +
> +		next_tmigr = tmigr_cpu_deactivate(tevt->global);
> +
> +		tevt->global = KTIME_MAX;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If CPU is the last going idle in timer migration
> +		 * hierarchy, make sure CPU will wake up in time to handle
> +		 * remote timers. next_tmigr == KTIME_MAX if other CPUs are
> +		 * still active.
> +		 */
> +		if (next_tmigr < tevt->local) {
> +			u64 tmp;
> +
> +			/* If we missed a tick already, force 0 delta */
> +			if (next_tmigr < basem)
> +				next_tmigr = basem;
> +
> +			tmp = div_u64(next_tmigr - basem, TICK_NSEC);
> +
> +			nextevt = basej + (unsigned long)tmp;
> +			tevt->local = next_tmigr;
> +			is_idle = time_after(nextevt, basej + 1);

So after that, tevt->global shouldn't matter anymore for tick_nohz_next_event(),
right? If so then probably that line can go away (with a comment specifying why we can
ignore the global part)?:

       tevt.local = min_t(u64, tevt.local, tevt.global);

Thanks.