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The timer base is marked idle when get_next_timer_interrupt() is executed. But the decision whether the tick will be stopped and whether the system is able to go idle is done later. When the timer bases is marked idle and a new first timer is enqueued remote an IPI is raised. Even if it is not required because the tick is not stopped and the timer base is evaluated again at the next tick. To prevent this, the timer base is marked idle in tick_nohz_stop_tick() and get_next_timer_interrupt() is streamlined by only looking for the next timer interrupt. All other work is postponed to timer_base_try_to_set_idle() which is called by tick_nohz_stop_tick(). timer_base_try_to_set_idle() never resets timer_base::is_idle state. This is done when the tick is restarted via tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(). With this, tick_sched::tick_stopped and timer_base::is_idle are always in sync. So there is no longer the need to execute timer_clear_idle() in tick_nohz_idle_retain_tick(). This was required before, as tick_nohz_next_event() set timer_base::is_idle even if the tick would not be stopped. So timer_clear_idle() is only executed, when timer base is idle. So the check whether timer base is idle, is now no longer required as well. While at it fix some nearby whitespace damage as well. Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240221090548.36600-4-anna-maria@linutronix.de
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.