As per Linus suggestion, lets convert the tick dependency mask to atomic_t. Introduce atomic_fetch_or() and confine fetch_or() back to scheduler guts.
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git timers/nohz HEAD: 7b7e5da5733f58668181077ec394a718e08c392c Thanks, Frederic --- Frederic Weisbecker (3): atomic: Introduce atomic_fetch_or nohz: Convert tick dependency mask to atomic_t Revert "atomic: Export fetch_or()" include/linux/atomic.h | 34 +++++++++++++-------------- include/linux/sched.h | 4 ++-- kernel/sched/core.c | 18 ++++++++++++++ kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ kernel/time/tick-sched.h | 2 +- 5 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)