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/sched/deadline.c | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: tip/kernel/sched/deadline.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/kernel/sched/deadline.c +++ tip/kernel/sched/deadline.c @@ -457,8 +457,6 @@ static int start_dl_timer(struct sched_d struct dl_rq *dl_rq = dl_rq_of_se(dl_se); struct rq *rq = rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq); ktime_t now, act; - ktime_t soft, hard; - unsigned long range; s64 delta; if (boosted) @@ -481,15 +479,9 @@ static int start_dl_timer(struct sched_d if (ktime_us_delta(act, now) < 0) return 0; - hrtimer_set_expires(&dl_se->dl_timer, act); + hrtimer_start(&dl_se->dl_timer, act, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); - soft = hrtimer_get_softexpires(&dl_se->dl_timer); - hard = hrtimer_get_expires(&dl_se->dl_timer); - range = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(hard, soft)); - __hrtimer_start_range_ns(&dl_se->dl_timer, soft, - range, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS, 0); - - return hrtimer_active(&dl_se->dl_timer); + return 1; } /*