Re: [patch 0/7] tick: Optimize broadcast handling and prevent expiry ping pong

2013-03-13 Thread Santosh Shilimkar
Thomas, On Wednesday 06 March 2013 04:48 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Jason decoded a problem related to the broadcast timer mode. The > reprogramming of the cpu local timer causes a huge number of > retries. Also there is a situation where the CPU which does not handle > the broadcast timer

Re: [patch 0/7] tick: Optimize broadcast handling and prevent expiry ping pong

2013-03-13 Thread Santosh Shilimkar
Thomas, On Wednesday 06 March 2013 04:48 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: Jason decoded a problem related to the broadcast timer mode. The reprogramming of the cpu local timer causes a huge number of retries. Also there is a situation where the CPU which does not handle the broadcast timer

[patch 0/7] tick: Optimize broadcast handling and prevent expiry ping pong

2013-03-06 Thread Thomas Gleixner
Jason decoded a problem related to the broadcast timer mode. The reprogramming of the cpu local timer causes a huge number of retries. Also there is a situation where the CPU which does not handle the broadcast timer interrupt exits and reenters broadcast mode before the broadcast interrupt got

[patch 0/7] tick: Optimize broadcast handling and prevent expiry ping pong

2013-03-06 Thread Thomas Gleixner
Jason decoded a problem related to the broadcast timer mode. The reprogramming of the cpu local timer causes a huge number of retries. Also there is a situation where the CPU which does not handle the broadcast timer interrupt exits and reenters broadcast mode before the broadcast interrupt got