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 --- kernel/events/core.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: tip/kernel/events/core.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/kernel/events/core.c +++ tip/kernel/events/core.c @@ -853,9 +853,7 @@ static void perf_cpu_hrtimer_restart(str if (hrtimer_active(hr)) return; - if (!hrtimer_callback_running(hr)) - __hrtimer_start_range_ns(hr, cpuctx->hrtimer_interval, - 0, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED, 0); + hrtimer_start(hr, cpuctx->hrtimer_interval, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED); } void perf_pmu_disable(struct pmu *pmu) @@ -6530,9 +6528,8 @@ static void perf_swevent_start_hrtimer(s } else { period = max_t(u64, 10000, hwc->sample_period); } - __hrtimer_start_range_ns(&hwc->hrtimer, - ns_to_ktime(period), 0, - HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED, 0); + hrtimer_start(&hwc->hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(period), + HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED); } static void perf_swevent_cancel_hrtimer(struct perf_event *event)