1 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 21939d9e830e..7c1a67ef0274 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -500,22 +500,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklet_kill);
  */
 
 /*
- * The trampoline is called when the hrtimer expires. If this is
- * called from the hrtimer interrupt then we schedule the tasklet as
- * the timer callback function expects to run in softirq context. If
- * it's called in softirq context anyway (i.e. high resolution timers
- * disabled) then the hrtimer callback is called right away.
+ * The trampoline is called when the hrtimer expires. It schedules a tasklet
+ * to run __tasklet_hrtimer_trampoline() which in turn will call the intended
+ * hrtimer callback, but from softirq context.
  */
 static enum hrtimer_restart __hrtimer_tasklet_trampoline(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
         struct tasklet_hrtimer *ttimer =
                 container_of(timer, struct tasklet_hrtimer, timer);
 
-        if (hrtimer_is_hres_active(timer)) {
-                tasklet_hi_schedule(&ttimer->tasklet);
-                return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
-        }
-        return ttimer->function(timer);
+        tasklet_hi_schedule(&ttimer->tasklet);
+        return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -697,7 +692,7 @@ void __init softirq_init(void)
         open_softirq(HI_SOFTIRQ, tasklet_hi_action);
 }
 
-static int ksoftirqd(void * __bind_cpu)
+static int run_ksoftirqd(void * __bind_cpu)
 {
         set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
@@ -810,7 +805,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
         switch (action) {
         case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
         case CPU_UP_PREPARE_FROZEN:
-                p = kthread_create(ksoftirqd, hcpu, "ksoftirqd/%d", hotcpu);
+                p = kthread_create(run_ksoftirqd, hcpu, "ksoftirqd/%d", hotcpu);
                 if (IS_ERR(p)) {
                         printk("ksoftirqd for %i failed\n", hotcpu);
                         return NOTIFY_BAD;