[PATCH] tick-management: broadcast functionality
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:28:02 +0000 (01:28 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:13:59 +0000 (08:13 -0800)
commitf8381cba04ba8173fd5a2b8e5cd8b3290ee13a98
treead8c9f91ce031a04c62ff75fcd3237fc666f1c2e
parent906568c9c668ff994f4078932ec6ae1e3950d1af
[PATCH] tick-management: broadcast functionality

With Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Add broadcast functionality, so per cpu clock event devices can be registered
as dummy devices or switched from/to broadcast on demand.  The broadcast
function distributes the events via the broadcast function of the clock event
device.  This is primarily designed to replace the switch apic timer to / from
IPI in power states, where the apic stops.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/time/Makefile
kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c [new file with mode: 0644]
kernel/time/tick-common.c
kernel/time/tick-internal.h [new file with mode: 0644]