Re: [PATCH] ARM: Support arch_irq_work_raise() via self IPIs

[Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:00:58PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 10/28, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> > Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> writes:
> > 
> > > This will allow the scheduler tick to be restarted if we're in
> > > full NOHZ mode.
> > >
> > > Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>
> > > Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@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@linaro.org>
> > 
> > If Russell is OK with this, it can go to his patch system.
> > 
> 
> Fair enough. This is what I came up with. I'll send it off to the
> patch tracker in about 12 hours if nobody else has anymore
> comments.
> 
> ----8<-----
> ARM: Support arch_irq_work_raise() via self IPIs                                
> 
> By default, IRQ work is run from the tick interrupt (see
> irq_work_run() in update_process_times()). When we're in full
> NOHZ mode, restarting the tick requires the use of IRQ work and
> if the only place we run IRQ work is in the tick interrupt we
> have an unbreakable cycle. Implement arch_irq_work_raise() via
> self IPIs to break this cycle and get the tick started again.
> Note that we implement this via IPIs which are only available on
> SMP builds. This shouldn't be a problem because full NOHZ is only
> supported on SMP builds anyway.

Nice description!

Thanks!

> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
> Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
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