hrtimer_start() does not longer defer already expired timers to the softirq. Get rid of the __hrtimer_start_range_ns() invocation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: x86@kernel.org --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: tip/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c +++ tip/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_rapl.c @@ -182,9 +182,8 @@ again: static void rapl_start_hrtimer(struct rapl_pmu *pmu) { - __hrtimer_start_range_ns(&pmu->hrtimer, - pmu->timer_interval, 0, - HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED, 0); + hrtimer_start(&pmu->hrtimer, pmu->timer_interval, + HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED); } static void rapl_stop_hrtimer(struct rapl_pmu *pmu)