@@ -236,18 +236,29 @@ static bool tick_check_preferred(struct clock_event_device *curdev,
if (!tick_check_percpu(curdev, newdev, smp_processor_id()))
return false;
- /* Prefer oneshot capable device */
- if (!(newdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT)) {
- if (curdev && (curdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT))
- return false;
- }
+ if (!curdev)
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * Prefer oneshot capable device.
+ * return values based on if ONESHOT is available or not:
+ *
+ * curdev newdev operation
+ * 0 0 check priority
+ * 0 1 return true
+ * 1 0 return false
+ * 1 1 check priority
+ */
+
+ if ((newdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT) ^
+ (curdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT))
+ return newdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT;
/*
* Use the higher rated one, but prefer a CPU local device with a lower
* rating than a non-CPU local device
*/
- return !curdev ||
- newdev->rating > curdev->rating ||
+ return newdev->rating > curdev->rating ||
!cpumask_equal(curdev->cpumask, newdev->cpumask);
}
We return false from tick_check_preferred() if newdev doesn't have ONESHOT feature but curdev has, but we don't return true when newdev has ONESHOT and curdev doesn't. Instead we go on, check ratings and other things in that case. This patch tries to fix this by rewriting some portion of this code and adds sufficient comments to make logic clear. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> --- kernel/time/tick-common.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)