[PATCH] ARM: Support arch_irq_work_raise() via self IPIs
Kevin Hilman
khilman at linaro.org
Mon Oct 28 21:58:40 EDT 2013
Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org> writes:
> This will allow the scheduler tick to be restarted if we're in
> full NOHZ mode.
>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman at linaro.org>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org>
Minor nit, but I'd prefer a more verbose changelog (I forget things
quickly and like to rely on changelogs for my memory.) Probably worth
adding something like: "By default, irq_work is tied to the tick
processing (update_process_times()) but in full NOHZ mode, no tick means
no IRQ work. In order for IRQ work to be done in full NOHZ mode, a
self-IPI is used to process IRQ work."
Other than the changelog nit, patch looks good, feel free to add
Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman at linaro.org>
If Russell is OK with this, it can go to his patch system.
Kevin
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