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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/timer.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/timer.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h index f18a2f1eb79e..14a633ba61d6 100644 --- a/include/linux/timer.h +++ b/include/linux/timer.h @@ -36,16 +36,10 @@ * 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. + * @TIMER_PINNED: A pinned timer will always expire on the CPU on which the + * timer was enqueued. When a particular CPU is required, add_timer_on() + * has to be used. Enqueue via mod_timer() and add_timer() is always done + * on the local CPU. */ #define TIMER_CPUMASK 0x0003FFFF #define TIMER_MIGRATING 0x00040000 @@ -165,6 +159,8 @@ extern int timer_reduce(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires); #define NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA ((1UL << 30) - 1) extern void add_timer(struct timer_list *timer); +extern void add_timer_local(struct timer_list *timer); +extern void add_timer_global(struct timer_list *timer); extern int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer); extern int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list *timer); |