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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index ed8d6063d9ef..91882059bf3d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -571,18 +571,15 @@ static int calc_wheel_index(unsigned long expires, unsigned long clk,
static void
trigger_dyntick_cpu(struct timer_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
{
- if (!is_timers_nohz_active())
- return;
-
/*
- * TODO: This wants some optimizing similar to the code below, but we
- * will do that when we switch from push to pull for deferrable timers.
+ * Deferrable timers do not prevent the CPU from entering dynticks and
+ * are not taken into account on the idle/nohz_full path. An IPI when a
+ * new deferrable timer is enqueued will wake up the remote CPU but
+ * nothing will be done with the deferrable timer base. Therefore skip
+ * the remote IPI for deferrable timers completely.
*/
- if (timer->flags & TIMER_DEFERRABLE) {
- if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(base->cpu))
- wake_up_nohz_cpu(base->cpu);
+ if (!is_timers_nohz_active() || timer->flags & TIMER_DEFERRABLE)
return;
- }
/*
* We might have to IPI the remote CPU if the base is idle and the