RE: [PATCH v3] hrtimers: calculate expires_next after all timers are executed

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, vigneshr@codeaurora.org wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
> 
> In this patch, we are only setting the flag
> cpu_base->in_hrtirq = 1; in hrtimer_interrupt() and not resetting it.
> 
> 
> > @@ -1251,9 +1251,9 @@ void hrtimer_interrupt(struct clock_even
> > dev->next_event.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
> >
> > raw_spin_lock(&cpu_base->lock);
> > + cpu_base->in_hrtirq = 1;
> 
> Since this is the case, after the hrtimer_interrupt routine completes and
> new timer is started and say it happens to be leftmost,
> we don't allow hrtimer_reprogram() since we bail out given that
> cpu_base->in_hrtirq=1 :
> 
> timer irq comes
> --->hrtimer_interrupt()
> ---->cpu_base->in_hrtirq flag is set
> ------>Interrupt is serviced
> 
> After sometime
> 
> -->__hrtimer_start_range_ns()
> --->happens to be leftmost hence call hrtimer_enqueue_reprogram()
> ----->hrtimer_reprogram()
> ------->bail out since cpu_base->in_hrtirq flag is stil set
> 
> At the end of hrtimer interrupt routine, i think we should also clear this
> flag.

Bah, yes. I moved it around several times and then dropped it.
 
Thanks for spotting it!

       tglx