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[patch 17/20] tick/sched: Remove pointless empty function

From Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [patch 17/20] tick/sched: Remove pointless empty function
Date 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
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This was a failed attempt to optimize the timer expiry in idle, which was
disabled and never revisited. Remove the cruft.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |   33 +--------------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 32 deletions(-)

Index: b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
===================================================================
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -1092,35 +1092,6 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(voi
 	tick_nohz_activate(ts, NOHZ_MODE_LOWRES);
 }
 
-/*
- * When NOHZ is enabled and the tick is stopped, we need to kick the
- * tick timer from irq_enter() so that the jiffies update is kept
- * alive during long running softirqs. That's ugly as hell, but
- * correctness is key even if we need to fix the offending softirq in
- * the first place.
- *
- * Note, this is different to tick_nohz_restart. We just kick the
- * timer and do not touch the other magic bits which need to be done
- * when idle is left.
- */
-static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
-{
-#if 0
-	/* Switch back to 2.6.27 behaviour */
-	ktime_t delta;
-
-	/*
-	 * Do not touch the tick device, when the next expiry is either
-	 * already reached or less/equal than the tick period.
-	 */
-	delta =	ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), now);
-	if (delta.tv64 <= tick_period.tv64)
-		return;
-
-	tick_nohz_restart(ts, now);
-#endif
-}
-
 static inline void tick_nohz_irq_enter(void)
 {
 	struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
@@ -1131,10 +1102,8 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_irq_enter(v
 	now = ktime_get();
 	if (ts->idle_active)
 		tick_nohz_stop_idle(ts, now);
-	if (ts->tick_stopped) {
+	if (ts->tick_stopped)
 		tick_nohz_update_jiffies(now);
-		tick_nohz_kick_tick(ts, now);
-	}
 }
 
 #else

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[patch 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
  [patch 11/20] hlist: Add hlist_is_last_node() helper Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
    Re: [patch 11/20] hlist: Add hlist_is_last_node() helper Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-06-13 12:30 +0200
  [patch 07/20] drivers/tty/mips_ejtag: Initialize timer as pinned Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
  [patch 01/20] timer: Make pinned a timer property Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
  [patch 17/20] tick/sched: Remove pointless empty function Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
  [patch 05/20] driver/net/ethernet/tile: Initialize timer as pinned Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
  [patch 15/20] timer: Move __run_timers() function Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
  [patch 12/20] timer: Give a few structs and members proper names Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
  [patch 04/20] cpufreq/powernv: Initialize timer as pinned Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
    Re: [patch 04/20] cpufreq/powernv: Initialize timer as pinned Arjan van de Ven <arjanvandeven@gmail.com> - 2016-06-13 15:20 +0200
  [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
    Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-13 13:50 +0200
      Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 14:40 +0200
        Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> - 2016-06-13 14:50 +0200
          Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 16:40 +0200
        Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-06-14 12:20 +0200
          Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-14 18:40 +0200
            Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Arjan van de Ven <arjanvandeven@gmail.com> - 2016-06-14 19:20 +0200
              Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-14 20:10 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-14 22:40 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-14 22:50 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> - 2016-06-14 23:20 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-15 17:00 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Arjan van de Ven <arjanvandeven@gmail.com> - 2016-06-15 17:00 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-15 18:50 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-16 17:50 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-16 18:10 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 20:20 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-17 02:50 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-17 06:10 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Arjan van de Ven <arjanvandeven@gmail.com> - 2016-06-16 18:10 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-16 18:20 +0200
                Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> - 2016-06-15 17:10 +0200
    Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> - 2016-06-13 16:40 +0200
      Re: [patch 13/20] timer: Switch to a non cascading wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 16:50 +0200
  [patch 14/20] timer: Remove slack leftovers Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
  [patch 18/20] timer: Forward wheel clock whenever possible Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 10:50 +0200
    Re: [patch 18/20] timer: Forward wheel clock whenever possible Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> - 2016-06-13 17:20 +0200
      Re: [patch 18/20] timer: Forward wheel clock whenever possible Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 17:30 +0200
  [patch 06/20] drivers/tty/metag_da: Initialize timer as pinned Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 11:00 +0200
    Re: [patch 06/20] drivers/tty/metag_da: Initialize timer as pinned Arjan van de Ven <arjanvandeven@gmail.com> - 2016-06-13 15:20 +0200
  [patch 03/20] x86/mce: Initialize timer as pinned Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 11:00 +0200
  [patch 08/20] net/ipv4/inet: Initialize timers as pinned Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 11:00 +0200
  [patch 02/20] x86/apic/uv: Initialize timer as pinned Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-13 11:00 +0200
  Re: [patch 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> - 2016-06-13 16:20 +0200
  Re: [patch 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-13 18:20 +0200
    Re: [patch 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 17:20 +0200
      Re: [patch 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-15 19:10 +0200
        Re: [patch 00/20] timer: Refactor the timer wheel "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-06-15 22:30 +0200

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