4 files changed, 80 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index c71bcd549241..b675a67c9ac3 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/debugobjects.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -198,8 +200,19 @@ switch_hrtimer_base(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base,
 {
 	struct hrtimer_clock_base *new_base;
 	struct hrtimer_cpu_base *new_cpu_base;
+	int cpu, preferred_cpu = -1;
+
+	cpu = smp_processor_id();
+#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	if (!pinned && get_sysctl_timer_migration() && idle_cpu(cpu)) {
+		preferred_cpu = get_nohz_load_balancer();
+		if (preferred_cpu >= 0)
+			cpu = preferred_cpu;
+	}
+#endif
 
-	new_cpu_base = &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases);
+again:
+	new_cpu_base = &per_cpu(hrtimer_bases, cpu);
 	new_base = &new_cpu_base->clock_base[base->index];
 
 	if (base != new_base) {
@@ -219,6 +232,40 @@ switch_hrtimer_base(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base,
 		timer->base = NULL;
 		spin_unlock(&base->cpu_base->lock);
 		spin_lock(&new_base->cpu_base->lock);
+
+		/* Optimized away for NOHZ=n SMP=n */
+		if (cpu == preferred_cpu) {
+			/* Calculate clock monotonic expiry time */
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
+			ktime_t expires = ktime_sub(hrtimer_get_expires(timer),
+							new_base->offset);
+#else
+			ktime_t expires = hrtimer_get_expires(timer);
+#endif
+
+			/*
+			 * Get the next event on target cpu from the
+			 * clock events layer.
+			 * This covers the highres=off nohz=on case as well.
+			 */
+			ktime_t next = clockevents_get_next_event(cpu);
+
+			ktime_t delta = ktime_sub(expires, next);
+
+			/*
+			 * We do not migrate the timer when it is expiring
+			 * before the next event on the target cpu because
+			 * we cannot reprogram the target cpu hardware and
+			 * we would cause it to fire late.
+			 */
+			if (delta.tv64 < 0) {
+				cpu = smp_processor_id();
+				spin_unlock(&new_base->cpu_base->lock);
+				spin_lock(&base->cpu_base->lock);
+				timer->base = base;
+				goto again;
+			}
+		}
 		timer->base = new_base;
 	}
 	return new_base;
@@ -236,7 +283,7 @@ lock_hrtimer_base(const struct hrtimer *timer, unsigned long *flags)
 	return base;
 }
 
-# define switch_hrtimer_base(t, b)	(b)
+# define switch_hrtimer_base(t, b, p)	(b)
 
 #endif	/* !CONFIG_SMP */
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 7f1dd56af863..9fe3774a0fd3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4244,6 +4244,11 @@ static struct {
 	.load_balancer = ATOMIC_INIT(-1),
 };
 
+int get_nohz_load_balancer(void)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&nohz.load_balancer);
+}
+
 /*
  * This routine will try to nominate the ilb (idle load balancing)
  * owner among the cpus whose ticks are stopped. ilb owner will do the idle
diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index d13be216a790..ab20ded013bd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 /* The registered clock event devices */
 static LIST_HEAD(clockevent_devices);
@@ -251,4 +252,15 @@ void clockevents_notify(unsigned long reason, void *arg)
 	spin_unlock(&clockevents_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clockevents_notify);
+
+ktime_t clockevents_get_next_event(int cpu)
+{
+	struct tick_device *td;
+	struct clock_event_device *dev;
+
+	td = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_device, cpu);
+	dev = td->evtdev;
+
+	return dev->next_event;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 3424dfd11d50..3f841db5edf9 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -609,9 +610,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires,
 {
 	struct tvec_base *base, *new_base;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0 , cpu;
 
 	timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(timer);
 	BUG_ON(!timer->function);
@@ -630,6 +629,18 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires,
 
 	new_base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
 
+	cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	if (!pinned && get_sysctl_timer_migration() && idle_cpu(cpu)) {
+		int preferred_cpu = get_nohz_load_balancer();
+
+		if (preferred_cpu >= 0)
+			cpu = preferred_cpu;
+	}
+#endif
+	new_base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);
+
 	if (base != new_base) {
 		/*
 		 * We are trying to schedule the timer on the local CPU.