Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 99aa6ee3908..f654a8a298f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -225,6 +225,20 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_work, nohz_full_kick_work) = {
 };
 
 /*
+ * Kick this CPU if it's full dynticks in order to force it to
+ * re-evaluate its dependency on the tick and restart it if necessary.
+ * This kick, unlike tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu() and tick_nohz_full_kick_all(),
+ * is NMI safe.
+ */
+void tick_nohz_full_kick(void)
+{
+	if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id()))
+		return;
+
+	irq_work_queue(&__get_cpu_var(nohz_full_kick_work));
+}
+
+/*
  * Kick the CPU if it's full dynticks in order to force it to
  * re-evaluate its dependency on the tick and restart it if necessary.
  */