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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/tick-sched.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 0581c11fe6c6..727c1ae0517a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -567,11 +567,21 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
{
struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+ ktime_t delta, now;
if (!ts->tick_stopped)
return;
- tick_nohz_restart(ts, ktime_get());
+ /*
+ * Do not touch the tick device, when the next expiry is either
+ * already reached or less/equal than the tick period.
+ */
+ now = ktime_get();
+ delta = ktime_sub(ts->sched_timer.expires, now);
+ if (delta.tv64 <= tick_period.tv64)
+ return;
+
+ tick_nohz_restart(ts, now);
}
#else