1 files changed, 51 insertions, 58 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index 5d3fb100bc06..086216c433fa 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/profile.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 
@@ -194,7 +195,8 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tick_device *td,
 	 * When global broadcasting is active, check if the current
 	 * device is registered as a placeholder for broadcast mode.
 	 * This allows us to handle this x86 misfeature in a generic
-	 * way.
+	 * way. This function also returns !=0 when we keep the
+	 * current active broadcast state for this CPU.
 	 */
 	if (tick_device_uses_broadcast(newdev, cpu))
 		return;
@@ -205,14 +207,50 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tick_device *td,
 		tick_setup_oneshot(newdev, handler, next_event);
 }
 
+static bool tick_check_percpu(struct clock_event_device *curdev,
+			      struct clock_event_device *newdev, int cpu)
+{
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, newdev->cpumask))
+		return false;
+	if (cpumask_equal(newdev->cpumask, cpumask_of(cpu)))
+		return true;
+	/* Check if irq affinity can be set */
+	if (newdev->irq >= 0 && !irq_can_set_affinity(newdev->irq))
+		return false;
+	/* Prefer an existing cpu local device */
+	if (curdev && cpumask_equal(curdev->cpumask, cpumask_of(cpu)))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool tick_check_preferred(struct clock_event_device *curdev,
+				 struct clock_event_device *newdev)
+{
+	/* Prefer oneshot capable device */
+	if (!(newdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT)) {
+		if (curdev && (curdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT))
+			return false;
+		if (tick_oneshot_mode_active())
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * 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 ||
+	       !cpumask_equal(curdev->cpumask, newdev->cpumask);
+}
+
 /*
  * Check, if the new registered device should be used.
  */
-static int tick_check_new_device(struct clock_event_device *newdev)
+void tick_check_new_device(struct clock_event_device *newdev)
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *curdev;
 	struct tick_device *td;
-	int cpu, ret = NOTIFY_OK;
+	int cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&tick_device_lock, flags);
@@ -225,40 +263,15 @@ static int tick_check_new_device(struct clock_event_device *newdev)
 	curdev = td->evtdev;
 
 	/* cpu local device ? */
-	if (!cpumask_equal(newdev->cpumask, cpumask_of(cpu))) {
-
-		/*
-		 * If the cpu affinity of the device interrupt can not
-		 * be set, ignore it.
-		 */
-		if (!irq_can_set_affinity(newdev->irq))
-			goto out_bc;
+	if (!tick_check_percpu(curdev, newdev, cpu))
+		goto out_bc;
 
-		/*
-		 * If we have a cpu local device already, do not replace it
-		 * by a non cpu local device
-		 */
-		if (curdev && cpumask_equal(curdev->cpumask, cpumask_of(cpu)))
-			goto out_bc;
-	}
+	/* Preference decision */
+	if (!tick_check_preferred(curdev, newdev))
+		goto out_bc;
 
-	/*
-	 * If we have an active device, then check the rating and the oneshot
-	 * feature.
-	 */
-	if (curdev) {
-		/*
-		 * Prefer one shot capable devices !
-		 */
-		if ((curdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT) &&
-		    !(newdev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT))
-			goto out_bc;
-		/*
-		 * Check the rating
-		 */
-		if (curdev->rating >= newdev->rating)
-			goto out_bc;
-	}
+	if (!try_module_get(newdev->owner))
+		return;
 
 	/*
 	 * Replace the eventually existing device by the new
@@ -275,18 +288,14 @@ static int tick_check_new_device(struct clock_event_device *newdev)
 		tick_oneshot_notify();
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tick_device_lock, flags);
-	return NOTIFY_STOP;
+	return;
 
 out_bc:
 	/*
 	 * Can the new device be used as a broadcast device ?
 	 */
-	if (tick_check_broadcast_device(newdev))
-		ret = NOTIFY_STOP;
-
+	tick_install_broadcast_device(newdev);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tick_device_lock, flags);
-
-	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -360,17 +369,10 @@ static void tick_resume(void)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tick_device_lock, flags);
 }
 
-/*
- * Notification about clock event devices
- */
-static int tick_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long reason,
-			       void *dev)
+void tick_notify(unsigned long reason, void *dev)
 {
 	switch (reason) {
 
-	case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_ADD:
-		return tick_check_new_device(dev);
-
 	case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ON:
 	case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_OFF:
 	case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_FORCE:
@@ -404,21 +406,12 @@ static int tick_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long reason,
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
-
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block tick_notifier = {
-	.notifier_call = tick_notify,
-};
-
 /**
  * tick_init - initialize the tick control
- *
- * Register the notifier with the clockevents framework
  */
 void __init tick_init(void)
 {
-	clockevents_register_notifier(&tick_notifier);
 	tick_broadcast_init();
 }