Re: [PATCH v11 13/20] timers: Add get next timer interrupt functionality for remote CPUs

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Wed Feb 21 2024 - 15:50:39 EST


Le Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:05:41AM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a écrit :
> To prepare for the conversion of the NOHZ timer placement to a pull at
> expiry time model it's required to have functionality available getting the
> next timer interrupt on a remote CPU.
>
> Locking of the timer bases and getting the information for the next timer
> interrupt functionality is split into separate functions. This is required
> to be compliant with lock ordering when the new model is in place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>