The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: 36cd28a4cdd05d47ccb62a2d86e8f37839cc879a Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/36cd28a4cdd05d47ccb62a2d86e8f37839cc879a Author: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:05:51 +02:00 Committer: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> CommitterDate: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:55:25 +02:00
timers: Lower base clock forwarding threshold There is nothing that prevents from forwarding the base clock if it's one jiffy off. The reason for this arbitrary limit of two jiffies is historical and does not longer exist. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Tested-by: Juri Lelli <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] --- kernel/time/timer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c index 8b3fb52..77e21e9 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static inline void forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base) * Also while executing timers, base->clk is 1 offset ahead * of jiffies to avoid endless requeuing to current jffies. */ - if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 2) + if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 1) return; /*
