We now have implicit batching in the timer wheel. The slack is not longer used. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- block/genhd.c | 5 ----- drivers/mmc/host/jz4740_mmc.c | 2 -- drivers/power/bq27xxx_battery.c | 5 +---- drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c | 1 - drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 2 -- include/linux/timer.h | 4 ---- kernel/time/timer.c | 19 ------------------- lib/random32.c | 1 - 8 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 38 deletions(-) --- a/block/genhd.c +++ b/block/genhd.c @@ -1523,12 +1523,7 @@ static void __disk_unblock_events(struct if (--ev->block) goto out_unlock; - /* - * Not exactly a latency critical operation, set poll timer - * slack to 25% and kick event check. - */ intv = disk_events_poll_jiffies(disk); - set_timer_slack(&ev->dwork.timer, intv / 4); if (check_now) queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq, &ev->dwork, 0); --- a/drivers/mmc/host/jz4740_mmc.c +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/jz4740_mmc.c @@ -1068,8 +1068,6 @@ static int jz4740_mmc_probe(struct platf jz4740_mmc_clock_disable(host); setup_timer(&host->timeout_timer, jz4740_mmc_timeout, (unsigned long)host); - /* It is not important when it times out, it just needs to timeout. */ - set_timer_slack(&host->timeout_timer, HZ); host->use_dma = true; if (host->use_dma && jz4740_mmc_acquire_dma_channels(host) != 0) --- a/drivers/power/bq27xxx_battery.c +++ b/drivers/power/bq27xxx_battery.c @@ -735,11 +735,8 @@ static void bq27xxx_battery_poll(struct bq27xxx_battery_update(di); - if (poll_interval > 0) { - /* The timer does not have to be accurate. */ - set_timer_slack(&di->work.timer, poll_interval * HZ / 4); + if (poll_interval > 0) schedule_delayed_work(&di->work, poll_interval * HZ); - } } /* --- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c @@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ static int ohci_init (struct ohci_hcd *o setup_timer(&ohci->io_watchdog, io_watchdog_func, (unsigned long) ohci); - set_timer_slack(&ohci->io_watchdog, msecs_to_jiffies(20)); ohci->hcca = dma_alloc_coherent (hcd->self.controller, sizeof(*ohci->hcca), &ohci->hcca_dma, GFP_KERNEL); --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c @@ -490,8 +490,6 @@ static void compliance_mode_recovery_tim xhci->comp_mode_recovery_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(COMP_MODE_RCVRY_MSECS); - set_timer_slack(&xhci->comp_mode_recovery_timer, - msecs_to_jiffies(COMP_MODE_RCVRY_MSECS)); add_timer(&xhci->comp_mode_recovery_timer); xhci_dbg_trace(xhci, trace_xhci_dbg_quirks, "Compliance mode recovery timer initialized"); --- a/include/linux/timer.h +++ b/include/linux/timer.h @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct timer_list { void (*function)(unsigned long); unsigned long data; u32 flags; - int slack; #ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS int start_pid; @@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ struct timer_list { .expires = (_expires), \ .data = (_data), \ .flags = (_flags), \ - .slack = -1, \ __TIMER_LOCKDEP_MAP_INITIALIZER( \ __FILE__ ":" __stringify(__LINE__)) \ } @@ -193,8 +191,6 @@ extern int del_timer(struct timer_list * extern int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires); extern int mod_timer_pending(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires); -extern void set_timer_slack(struct timer_list *time, int slack_hz); - /* * The jiffies value which is added to now, when there is no timer * in the timer wheel: --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -432,24 +432,6 @@ unsigned long round_jiffies_up_relative( } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_up_relative); -/** - * set_timer_slack - set the allowed slack for a timer - * @timer: the timer to be modified - * @slack_hz: the amount of time (in jiffies) allowed for rounding - * - * Set the amount of time, in jiffies, that a certain timer has - * in terms of slack. By setting this value, the timer subsystem - * will schedule the actual timer somewhere between - * the time mod_timer() asks for, and that time plus the slack. - * - * By setting the slack to -1, a percentage of the delay is used - * instead. - */ -void set_timer_slack(struct timer_list *timer, int slack_hz) -{ - timer->slack = slack_hz; -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_timer_slack); static inline unsigned int timer_get_idx(struct timer_list *timer) { @@ -753,7 +735,6 @@ static void do_init_timer(struct timer_l { timer->entry.pprev = NULL; timer->flags = flags | raw_smp_processor_id(); - timer->slack = -1; #ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS timer->start_site = NULL; timer->start_pid = -1; --- a/lib/random32.c +++ b/lib/random32.c @@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ static void __prandom_timer(unsigned lon static void __init __prandom_start_seed_timer(void) { - set_timer_slack(&seed_timer, HZ); seed_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(40 * MSEC_PER_SEC); add_timer(&seed_timer); }