[PATCH 3/5] irq_work: Allow remote queueing

2014-05-13 Thread Frederic Weisbecker
irq work currently only supports local callbacks. However its code is mostly ready to run remote callbacks and we have some potential user. The full nohz subsystem currently open codes its own remote irq work on top of the scheduler ipi when it wants a CPU to revaluate its next tick. However this

[PATCH 3/5] irq_work: Allow remote queueing

2014-05-11 Thread Frederic Weisbecker
irq work currently only supports local callbacks. However its code is mostly ready to run remote callbacks and we have some potential user. The full nohz subsystem currently open codes its own remote irq work on top of the scheduler ipi when it wants a CPU to revaluate its next tick. However this