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Subject[PATCH v2 7/7] clocksource: Remove kthread
The clocksource watchdog uses a work to spawn a kthread to run the
watchdog. That is about as silly as it sounds, run the watchdog
directly from the work.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
kernel/time/clocksource.c | 31 ++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -129,31 +129,19 @@ static void inline clocksource_watchdog_
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, *flags);
}

-static int clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void *data);
-static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
-
/*
* Interval: 0.5sec Threshold: 0.0625s
*/
#define WATCHDOG_INTERVAL (HZ >> 1)
#define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 4)

-static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
- /*
- * If kthread_run fails the next watchdog scan over the
- * watchdog_list will find the unstable clock again.
- */
- kthread_run(clocksource_watchdog_kthread, NULL, "kwatchdog");
-}
-
static void __clocksource_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
{
cs->flags &= ~(CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES | CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG);
cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;

/*
- * If the clocksource is registered clocksource_watchdog_kthread() will
+ * If the clocksource is registered clocksource_watchdog_work() will
* re-rate and re-select.
*/
if (list_empty(&cs->list)) {
@@ -164,7 +152,7 @@ static void __clocksource_unstable(struc
if (cs->mark_unstable)
cs->mark_unstable(cs);

- /* kick clocksource_watchdog_kthread() */
+ /* kick clocksource_watchdog_work() */
if (finished_booting)
schedule_work(&watchdog_work);
}
@@ -174,7 +162,7 @@ static void __clocksource_unstable(struc
* @cs: clocksource to be marked unstable
*
* This function is called by the x86 TSC code to mark clocksources as unstable;
- * it defers demotion and re-selection to a kthread.
+ * it defers demotion and re-selection to a work.
*/
void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
{
@@ -399,7 +387,9 @@ static void clocksource_dequeue_watchdog
}
}

-static int __clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void)
+static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
+
+static int __clocksource_watchdog_work(void)
{
struct clocksource *cs, *tmp;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -424,13 +414,12 @@ static int __clocksource_watchdog_kthrea
return select;
}

-static int clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void *data)
+static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
- if (__clocksource_watchdog_kthread())
+ if (__clocksource_watchdog_work())
clocksource_select();
mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
- return 0;
}

static bool clocksource_is_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
@@ -449,7 +438,7 @@ static void clocksource_enqueue_watchdog
static void clocksource_select_watchdog(bool fallback) { }
static inline void clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs) { }
static inline void clocksource_resume_watchdog(void) { }
-static inline int __clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void) { return 0; }
+static inline int __clocksource_watchdog_work(void) { return 0; }
static bool clocksource_is_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs) { return false; }
void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs) { }

@@ -680,7 +669,7 @@ static int __init clocksource_done_booti
/*
* Run the watchdog first to eliminate unstable clock sources
*/
- __clocksource_watchdog_kthread();
+ __clocksource_watchdog_work();
clocksource_select();
mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
return 0;

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