1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 6a3a5b9ff561..869997833928 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_cpu_iowait_time_us);
 static void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
 {
         unsigned long seq, last_jiffies, next_jiffies, delta_jiffies;
+        unsigned long rcu_delta_jiffies;
         ktime_t last_update, expires, now;
         struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
         u64 time_delta;
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
                 time_delta = timekeeping_max_deferment();
         } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
 
-        if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) ||
+        if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu, &rcu_delta_jiffies) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) ||
             arch_needs_cpu(cpu)) {
                 next_jiffies = last_jiffies + 1;
                 delta_jiffies = 1;
@@ -330,6 +331,10 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
                 /* Get the next timer wheel timer */
                 next_jiffies = get_next_timer_interrupt(last_jiffies);
                 delta_jiffies = next_jiffies - last_jiffies;
+                if (rcu_delta_jiffies < delta_jiffies) {
+                        next_jiffies = last_jiffies + rcu_delta_jiffies;
+                        delta_jiffies = rcu_delta_jiffies;
+                }
         }
         /*
          * Do not stop the tick, if we are only one off
@@ -576,6 +581,7 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void)
         /* Update jiffies first */
         select_nohz_load_balancer(0);
         tick_do_update_jiffies64(now);
+        update_cpu_load_nohz();
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
         /*
@@ -814,6 +820,16 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart tick_sched_timer(struct hrtimer *timer)
         return HRTIMER_RESTART;
 }
 
+static int sched_skew_tick;
+
+static int __init skew_tick(char *str)
+{
+        get_option(&str, &sched_skew_tick);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+early_param("skew_tick", skew_tick);
+
 /**
  * tick_setup_sched_timer - setup the tick emulation timer
  */
@@ -831,6 +847,14 @@ void tick_setup_sched_timer(void)
         /* Get the next period (per cpu) */
         hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, tick_init_jiffy_update());
 
+        /* Offset the tick to avert xtime_lock contention. */
+        if (sched_skew_tick) {
+                u64 offset = ktime_to_ns(tick_period) >> 1;
+                do_div(offset, num_possible_cpus());
+                offset *= smp_processor_id();
+                hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&ts->sched_timer, offset);
+        }
+
         for (;;) {
                 hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period);
                 hrtimer_start_expires(&ts->sched_timer,