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author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2019-08-12 14:36:27 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2019-08-12 14:36:27 +0200 |
commit | cbd32a1c56e36fedaa93a727699188bd3e6e6f67 (patch) | |
tree | 199e302eb5a66725a9d1774e47367a87098ba397 /include/linux/timer.h | |
parent | 48c7d73b2362ce61503551ad70052617b3e8857d (diff) | |
parent | b61fbc887af7a13a1c90c84c1feaeb4c9780e1e2 (diff) |
Merge tag 'efi-urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi into efi/urgent
Pull a single EFI fix for v5.3 from Ard:
- Fix mixed mode breakage in EFI config table handling for TPM.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/timer.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/timer.h | 27 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h index 7b066fd38248..282e4f2a532a 100644 --- a/include/linux/timer.h +++ b/include/linux/timer.h @@ -36,19 +36,30 @@ struct timer_list { #define __TIMER_LOCKDEP_MAP_INITIALIZER(_kn) #endif -/* - * A deferrable timer will work normally when the system is busy, but - * will not cause a CPU to come out of idle just to service it; instead, - * the timer will be serviced when the CPU eventually wakes up with a - * subsequent non-deferrable timer. +/** + * @TIMER_DEFERRABLE: A deferrable timer will work normally when the + * system is busy, but will not cause a CPU to come out of idle just + * to service it; instead, the timer will be serviced when the CPU + * eventually wakes up with a subsequent non-deferrable timer. * - * An irqsafe timer is executed with IRQ disabled and it's safe to wait for - * the completion of the running instance from IRQ handlers, for example, - * by calling del_timer_sync(). + * @TIMER_IRQSAFE: An irqsafe timer is executed with IRQ disabled and + * it's safe to wait for the completion of the running instance from + * IRQ handlers, for example, by calling del_timer_sync(). * * Note: The irq disabled callback execution is a special case for * workqueue locking issues. It's not meant for executing random crap * with interrupts disabled. Abuse is monitored! + * + * @TIMER_PINNED: A pinned timer will not be affected by any timer + * placement heuristics (like, NOHZ) and will always expire on the CPU + * on which the timer was enqueued. + * + * Note: Because enqueuing of timers can migrate the timer from one + * CPU to another, pinned timers are not guaranteed to stay on the + * initialy selected CPU. They move to the CPU on which the enqueue + * function is invoked via mod_timer() or add_timer(). If the timer + * should be placed on a particular CPU, then add_timer_on() has to be + * used. */ #define TIMER_CPUMASK 0x0003FFFF #define TIMER_MIGRATING 0x00040000 |