Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc6' into sched/devel

8 files changed, 296 insertions, 165 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index d5ab79cf516..f227bc17269 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  *  2003-10-22 Updates by Stephen Hemminger.
  *  2004 May-July Rework by Paul Jackson.
  *  2006 Rework by Paul Menage to use generic cgroups
+ *  2008 Rework of the scheduler domains and CPU hotplug handling
+ *       by Max Krasnyansky
  *
  *  This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
  *  License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of the Linux
@@ -236,9 +238,11 @@ static struct cpuset top_cpuset = {
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(callback_mutex);
 
-/* This is ugly, but preserves the userspace API for existing cpuset
+/*
+ * This is ugly, but preserves the userspace API for existing cpuset
  * users. If someone tries to mount the "cpuset" filesystem, we
- * silently switch it to mount "cgroup" instead */
+ * silently switch it to mount "cgroup" instead
+ */
 static int cpuset_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 			 int flags, const char *unused_dev_name,
 			 void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
@@ -473,10 +477,9 @@ static int validate_change(const struct cpuset *cur, const struct cpuset *trial)
 }
 
 /*
- * Helper routine for rebuild_sched_domains().
+ * Helper routine for generate_sched_domains().
  * Do cpusets a, b have overlapping cpus_allowed masks?
  */
-
 static int cpusets_overlap(struct cpuset *a, struct cpuset *b)
 {
 	return cpus_intersects(a->cpus_allowed, b->cpus_allowed);
@@ -518,26 +521,15 @@ update_domain_attr_tree(struct sched_domain_attr *dattr, struct cpuset *c)
 }
 
 /*
- * rebuild_sched_domains()
- *
- * This routine will be called to rebuild the scheduler's dynamic
- * sched domains:
- * - if the flag 'sched_load_balance' of any cpuset with non-empty
- *   'cpus' changes,
- * - or if the 'cpus' allowed changes in any cpuset which has that
- *   flag enabled,
- * - or if the 'sched_relax_domain_level' of any cpuset which has
- *   that flag enabled and with non-empty 'cpus' changes,
- * - or if any cpuset with non-empty 'cpus' is removed,
- * - or if a cpu gets offlined.
- *
- * This routine builds a partial partition of the systems CPUs
- * (the set of non-overlappping cpumask_t's in the array 'part'
- * below), and passes that partial partition to the kernel/sched.c
- * partition_sched_domains() routine, which will rebuild the
- * schedulers load balancing domains (sched domains) as specified
- * by that partial partition.  A 'partial partition' is a set of
- * non-overlapping subsets whose union is a subset of that set.
+ * generate_sched_domains()
+ *
+ * This function builds a partial partition of the systems CPUs
+ * A 'partial partition' is a set of non-overlapping subsets whose
+ * union is a subset of that set.
+ * The output of this function needs to be passed to kernel/sched.c
+ * partition_sched_domains() routine, which will rebuild the scheduler's
+ * load balancing domains (sched domains) as specified by that partial
+ * partition.
  *
  * See "What is sched_load_balance" in Documentation/cpusets.txt
  * for a background explanation of this.
@@ -547,13 +539,7 @@ update_domain_attr_tree(struct sched_domain_attr *dattr, struct cpuset *c)
  * domains when operating in the severe memory shortage situations
  * that could cause allocation failures below.
  *
- * Call with cgroup_mutex held.  May take callback_mutex during
- * call due to the kfifo_alloc() and kmalloc() calls.  May nest
- * a call to the get_online_cpus()/put_online_cpus() pair.
- * Must not be called holding callback_mutex, because we must not
- * call get_online_cpus() while holding callback_mutex.  Elsewhere
- * the kernel nests callback_mutex inside get_online_cpus() calls.
- * So the reverse nesting would risk an ABBA deadlock.
+ * Must be called with cgroup_lock held.
  *
  * The three key local variables below are:
  *    q  - a linked-list queue of cpuset pointers, used to implement a
@@ -588,10 +574,10 @@ update_domain_attr_tree(struct sched_domain_attr *dattr, struct cpuset *c)
  *	element of the partition (one sched domain) to be passed to
  *	partition_sched_domains().
  */
-
-void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
+static int generate_sched_domains(cpumask_t **domains,
+			struct sched_domain_attr **attributes)
 {
-	LIST_HEAD(q);		/* queue of cpusets to be scanned*/
+	LIST_HEAD(q);		/* queue of cpusets to be scanned */
 	struct cpuset *cp;	/* scans q */
 	struct cpuset **csa;	/* array of all cpuset ptrs */
 	int csn;		/* how many cpuset ptrs in csa so far */
@@ -601,23 +587,26 @@ void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
 	int ndoms;		/* number of sched domains in result */
 	int nslot;		/* next empty doms[] cpumask_t slot */
 
-	csa = NULL;
+	ndoms = 0;
 	doms = NULL;
 	dattr = NULL;
+	csa = NULL;
 
 	/* Special case for the 99% of systems with one, full, sched domain */
 	if (is_sched_load_balance(&top_cpuset)) {
-		ndoms = 1;
 		doms = kmalloc(sizeof(cpumask_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!doms)
-			goto rebuild;
+			goto done;
+
 		dattr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sched_domain_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (dattr) {
 			*dattr = SD_ATTR_INIT;
 			update_domain_attr_tree(dattr, &top_cpuset);
 		}
 		*doms = top_cpuset.cpus_allowed;
-		goto rebuild;
+
+		ndoms = 1;
+		goto done;
 	}
 
 	csa = kmalloc(number_of_cpusets * sizeof(cp), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -680,61 +669,141 @@ restart:
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Convert <csn, csa> to <ndoms, doms> */
+	/*
+	 * Now we know how many domains to create.
+	 * Convert <csn, csa> to <ndoms, doms> and populate cpu masks.
+	 */
 	doms = kmalloc(ndoms * sizeof(cpumask_t), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!doms)
-		goto rebuild;
+	if (!doms) {
+		ndoms = 0;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The rest of the code, including the scheduler, can deal with
+	 * dattr==NULL case. No need to abort if alloc fails.
+	 */
 	dattr = kmalloc(ndoms * sizeof(struct sched_domain_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	for (nslot = 0, i = 0; i < csn; i++) {
 		struct cpuset *a = csa[i];
+		cpumask_t *dp;
 		int apn = a->pn;
 
-		if (apn >= 0) {
-			cpumask_t *dp = doms + nslot;
-
-			if (nslot == ndoms) {
-				static int warnings = 10;
-				if (warnings) {
-					printk(KERN_WARNING
-					 "rebuild_sched_domains confused:"
-					  " nslot %d, ndoms %d, csn %d, i %d,"
-					  " apn %d\n",
-					  nslot, ndoms, csn, i, apn);
-					warnings--;
-				}
-				continue;
+		if (apn < 0) {
+			/* Skip completed partitions */
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		dp = doms + nslot;
+
+		if (nslot == ndoms) {
+			static int warnings = 10;
+			if (warnings) {
+				printk(KERN_WARNING
+				 "rebuild_sched_domains confused:"
+				  " nslot %d, ndoms %d, csn %d, i %d,"
+				  " apn %d\n",
+				  nslot, ndoms, csn, i, apn);
+				warnings--;
 			}
+			continue;
+		}
 
-			cpus_clear(*dp);
-			if (dattr)
-				*(dattr + nslot) = SD_ATTR_INIT;
-			for (j = i; j < csn; j++) {
-				struct cpuset *b = csa[j];
-
-				if (apn == b->pn) {
-					cpus_or(*dp, *dp, b->cpus_allowed);
-					b->pn = -1;
-					if (dattr)
-						update_domain_attr_tree(dattr
-								   + nslot, b);
-				}
+		cpus_clear(*dp);
+		if (dattr)
+			*(dattr + nslot) = SD_ATTR_INIT;
+		for (j = i; j < csn; j++) {
+			struct cpuset *b = csa[j];
+
+			if (apn == b->pn) {
+				cpus_or(*dp, *dp, b->cpus_allowed);
+				if (dattr)
+					update_domain_attr_tree(dattr + nslot, b);
+
+				/* Done with this partition */
+				b->pn = -1;
 			}
-			nslot++;
 		}
+		nslot++;
 	}
 	BUG_ON(nslot != ndoms);
 
-rebuild:
-	/* Have scheduler rebuild sched domains */
+done:
+	kfree(csa);
+
+	*domains    = doms;
+	*attributes = dattr;
+	return ndoms;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Rebuild scheduler domains.
+ *
+ * Call with neither cgroup_mutex held nor within get_online_cpus().
+ * Takes both cgroup_mutex and get_online_cpus().
+ *
+ * Cannot be directly called from cpuset code handling changes
+ * to the cpuset pseudo-filesystem, because it cannot be called
+ * from code that already holds cgroup_mutex.
+ */
+static void do_rebuild_sched_domains(struct work_struct *unused)
+{
+	struct sched_domain_attr *attr;
+	cpumask_t *doms;
+	int ndoms;
+
 	get_online_cpus();
-	partition_sched_domains(ndoms, doms, dattr);
+
+	/* Generate domain masks and attrs */
+	cgroup_lock();
+	ndoms = generate_sched_domains(&doms, &attr);
+	cgroup_unlock();
+
+	/* Have scheduler rebuild the domains */
+	partition_sched_domains(ndoms, doms, attr);
+
 	put_online_cpus();
+}
 
-done:
-	kfree(csa);
-	/* Don't kfree(doms) -- partition_sched_domains() does that. */
-	/* Don't kfree(dattr) -- partition_sched_domains() does that. */
+static DECLARE_WORK(rebuild_sched_domains_work, do_rebuild_sched_domains);
+
+/*
+ * Rebuild scheduler domains, asynchronously via workqueue.
+ *
+ * If the flag 'sched_load_balance' of any cpuset with non-empty
+ * 'cpus' changes, or if the 'cpus' allowed changes in any cpuset
+ * which has that flag enabled, or if any cpuset with a non-empty
+ * 'cpus' is removed, then call this routine to rebuild the
+ * scheduler's dynamic sched domains.
+ *
+ * The rebuild_sched_domains() and partition_sched_domains()
+ * routines must nest cgroup_lock() inside get_online_cpus(),
+ * but such cpuset changes as these must nest that locking the
+ * other way, holding cgroup_lock() for much of the code.
+ *
+ * So in order to avoid an ABBA deadlock, the cpuset code handling
+ * these user changes delegates the actual sched domain rebuilding
+ * to a separate workqueue thread, which ends up processing the
+ * above do_rebuild_sched_domains() function.
+ */
+static void async_rebuild_sched_domains(void)
+{
+	schedule_work(&rebuild_sched_domains_work);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Accomplishes the same scheduler domain rebuild as the above
+ * async_rebuild_sched_domains(), however it directly calls the
+ * rebuild routine synchronously rather than calling it via an
+ * asynchronous work thread.
+ *
+ * This can only be called from code that is not holding
+ * cgroup_mutex (not nested in a cgroup_lock() call.)
+ */
+void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
+{
+	do_rebuild_sched_domains(NULL);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -863,7 +932,7 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, const char *buf)
 		return retval;
 
 	if (is_load_balanced)
-		rebuild_sched_domains();
+		async_rebuild_sched_domains();
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1090,7 +1159,7 @@ static int update_relax_domain_level(struct cpuset *cs, s64 val)
 	if (val != cs->relax_domain_level) {
 		cs->relax_domain_level = val;
 		if (!cpus_empty(cs->cpus_allowed) && is_sched_load_balance(cs))
-			rebuild_sched_domains();
+			async_rebuild_sched_domains();
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1131,7 +1200,7 @@ static int update_flag(cpuset_flagbits_t bit, struct cpuset *cs,
 	mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
 
 	if (cpus_nonempty && balance_flag_changed)
-		rebuild_sched_domains();
+		async_rebuild_sched_domains();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1492,6 +1561,9 @@ static u64 cpuset_read_u64(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
 	default:
 		BUG();
 	}
+
+	/* Unreachable but makes gcc happy */
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static s64 cpuset_read_s64(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
@@ -1504,6 +1576,9 @@ static s64 cpuset_read_s64(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
 	default:
 		BUG();
 	}
+
+	/* Unrechable but makes gcc happy */
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -1692,15 +1767,9 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cpuset_create(
 }
 
 /*
- * Locking note on the strange update_flag() call below:
- *
  * If the cpuset being removed has its flag 'sched_load_balance'
  * enabled, then simulate turning sched_load_balance off, which
- * will call rebuild_sched_domains().  The get_online_cpus()
- * call in rebuild_sched_domains() must not be made while holding
- * callback_mutex.  Elsewhere the kernel nests callback_mutex inside
- * get_online_cpus() calls.  So the reverse nesting would risk an
- * ABBA deadlock.
+ * will call async_rebuild_sched_domains().
  */
 
 static void cpuset_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
@@ -1719,7 +1788,7 @@ static void cpuset_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
 struct cgroup_subsys cpuset_subsys = {
 	.name = "cpuset",
 	.create = cpuset_create,
-	.destroy  = cpuset_destroy,
+	.destroy = cpuset_destroy,
 	.can_attach = cpuset_can_attach,
 	.attach = cpuset_attach,
 	.populate = cpuset_populate,
@@ -1811,7 +1880,7 @@ static void move_member_tasks_to_cpuset(struct cpuset *from, struct cpuset *to)
 }
 
 /*
- * If common_cpu_mem_hotplug_unplug(), below, unplugs any CPUs
+ * If CPU and/or memory hotplug handlers, below, unplug any CPUs
  * or memory nodes, we need to walk over the cpuset hierarchy,
  * removing that CPU or node from all cpusets.  If this removes the
  * last CPU or node from a cpuset, then move the tasks in the empty
@@ -1903,35 +1972,6 @@ static void scan_for_empty_cpusets(const struct cpuset *root)
 }
 
 /*
- * The cpus_allowed and mems_allowed nodemasks in the top_cpuset track
- * cpu_online_map and node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY].  Force the top cpuset to
- * track what's online after any CPU or memory node hotplug or unplug event.
- *
- * Since there are two callers of this routine, one for CPU hotplug
- * events and one for memory node hotplug events, we could have coded
- * two separate routines here.  We code it as a single common routine
- * in order to minimize text size.
- */
-
-static void common_cpu_mem_hotplug_unplug(int rebuild_sd)
-{
-	cgroup_lock();
-
-	top_cpuset.cpus_allowed = cpu_online_map;
-	top_cpuset.mems_allowed = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
-	scan_for_empty_cpusets(&top_cpuset);
-
-	/*
-	 * Scheduler destroys domains on hotplug events.
-	 * Rebuild them based on the current settings.
-	 */
-	if (rebuild_sd)
-		rebuild_sched_domains();
-
-	cgroup_unlock();
-}
-
-/*
  * The top_cpuset tracks what CPUs and Memory Nodes are online,
  * period.  This is necessary in order to make cpusets transparent
  * (of no affect) on systems that are actively using CPU hotplug
@@ -1939,40 +1979,52 @@ static void common_cpu_mem_hotplug_unplug(int rebuild_sd)
  *
  * This routine ensures that top_cpuset.cpus_allowed tracks
  * cpu_online_map on each CPU hotplug (cpuhp) event.
+ *
+ * Called within get_online_cpus().  Needs to call cgroup_lock()
+ * before calling generate_sched_domains().
  */
-
-static int cpuset_handle_cpuhp(struct notifier_block *unused_nb,
+static int cpuset_track_online_cpus(struct notifier_block *unused_nb,
 				unsigned long phase, void *unused_cpu)
 {
+	struct sched_domain_attr *attr;
+	cpumask_t *doms;
+	int ndoms;
+
 	switch (phase) {
-	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
-	case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN:
-	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
-	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED_FROZEN:
 	case CPU_ONLINE:
 	case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
 	case CPU_DEAD:
 	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
-		common_cpu_mem_hotplug_unplug(1);
 		break;
+
 	default:
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 	}
 
+	cgroup_lock();
+	top_cpuset.cpus_allowed = cpu_online_map;
+	scan_for_empty_cpusets(&top_cpuset);
+	ndoms = generate_sched_domains(&doms, &attr);
+	cgroup_unlock();
+
+	/* Have scheduler rebuild the domains */
+	partition_sched_domains(ndoms, doms, attr);
+
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 /*
  * Keep top_cpuset.mems_allowed tracking node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY].
- * Call this routine anytime after you change
- * node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY].
- * See also the previous routine cpuset_handle_cpuhp().
+ * Call this routine anytime after node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY] changes.
+ * See also the previous routine cpuset_track_online_cpus().
  */
-
 void cpuset_track_online_nodes(void)
 {
-	common_cpu_mem_hotplug_unplug(0);
+	cgroup_lock();
+	top_cpuset.mems_allowed = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
+	scan_for_empty_cpusets(&top_cpuset);
+	cgroup_unlock();
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1987,7 +2039,7 @@ void __init cpuset_init_smp(void)
 	top_cpuset.cpus_allowed = cpu_online_map;
 	top_cpuset.mems_allowed = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
 
-	hotcpu_notifier(cpuset_handle_cpuhp, 0);
+	hotcpu_notifier(cpuset_track_online_cpus, 0);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 8626ae50ce0..0d8905a1b8c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -7746,24 +7746,27 @@ static int dattrs_equal(struct sched_domain_attr *cur, int idx_cur,
  * and partition_sched_domains() will fallback to the single partition
  * 'fallback_doms', it also forces the domains to be rebuilt.
  *
+ * If doms_new==NULL it will be replaced with cpu_online_map.
+ * ndoms_new==0 is a special case for destroying existing domains.
+ * It will not create the default domain.
+ *
  * Call with hotplug lock held
  */
 void partition_sched_domains(int ndoms_new, cpumask_t *doms_new,
 			     struct sched_domain_attr *dattr_new)
 {
-	int i, j;
+	int i, j, n;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sched_domains_mutex);
 
 	/* always unregister in case we don't destroy any domains */
 	unregister_sched_domain_sysctl();
 
-	if (doms_new == NULL)
-		ndoms_new = 0;
+	n = doms_new ? ndoms_new : 0;
 
 	/* Destroy deleted domains */
 	for (i = 0; i < ndoms_cur; i++) {
-		for (j = 0; j < ndoms_new; j++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
 			if (cpus_equal(doms_cur[i], doms_new[j])
 			    && dattrs_equal(dattr_cur, i, dattr_new, j))
 				goto match1;
@@ -7776,7 +7779,6 @@ match1:
 
 	if (doms_new == NULL) {
 		ndoms_cur = 0;
-		ndoms_new = 1;
 		doms_new = &fallback_doms;
 		cpus_andnot(doms_new[0], cpu_online_map, cpu_isolated_map);
 		dattr_new = NULL;
@@ -7813,8 +7815,13 @@ match2:
 int arch_reinit_sched_domains(void)
 {
 	get_online_cpus();
+
+	/* Destroy domains first to force the rebuild */
+	partition_sched_domains(0, NULL, NULL);
+
 	rebuild_sched_domains();
 	put_online_cpus();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -7898,7 +7905,7 @@ static int update_sched_domains(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
 	case CPU_DEAD:
 	case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
-		partition_sched_domains(0, NULL, NULL);
+		partition_sched_domains(1, NULL, NULL);
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 
 	default:
diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 3d1e3e1a197..1876b526c77 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 /*
  * Noop handler when we shut down an event device
  */
-static void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ void clockevents_exchange_device(struct clock_event_device *old,
 	 * released list and do a notify add later.
 	 */
 	if (old) {
-		old->event_handler = clockevents_handle_noop;
 		clockevents_set_mode(old, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
 		list_del(&old->list);
 		list_add(&old->list, &clockevents_released);
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 5125ddd8196..1ad46f3df6e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static void sync_cmos_clock(unsigned long dummy)
 	if (abs(now.tv_nsec - (NSEC_PER_SEC / 2)) <= tick_nsec / 2)
 		fail = update_persistent_clock(now);
 
-	next.tv_nsec = (NSEC_PER_SEC / 2) - now.tv_nsec;
+	next.tv_nsec = (NSEC_PER_SEC / 2) - now.tv_nsec - (TICK_NSEC / 2);
 	if (next.tv_nsec <= 0)
 		next.tv_nsec += NSEC_PER_SEC;
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index 31463d370b9..2f5a38294bf 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ static void tick_do_periodic_broadcast(void)
  */
 static void tick_handle_periodic_broadcast(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
+	ktime_t next;
+
 	tick_do_periodic_broadcast();
 
 	/*
@@ -185,10 +187,13 @@ static void tick_handle_periodic_broadcast(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 
 	/*
 	 * Setup the next period for devices, which do not have
-	 * periodic mode:
+	 * periodic mode. We read dev->next_event first and add to it
+	 * when the event alrady expired. clockevents_program_event()
+	 * sets dev->next_event only when the event is really
+	 * programmed to the device.
 	 */
-	for (;;) {
-		ktime_t next = ktime_add(dev->next_event, tick_period);
+	for (next = dev->next_event; ;) {
+		next = ktime_add(next, tick_period);
 
 		if (!clockevents_program_event(dev, next, ktime_get()))
 			return;
@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ static void tick_do_broadcast_on_off(void *why)
 	struct clock_event_device *bc, *dev;
 	struct tick_device *td;
 	unsigned long flags, *reason = why;
-	int cpu;
+	int cpu, bc_stopped;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tick_broadcast_lock, flags);
 
@@ -223,6 +228,8 @@ static void tick_do_broadcast_on_off(void *why)
 	if (!tick_device_is_functional(dev))
 		goto out;
 
+	bc_stopped = cpus_empty(tick_broadcast_mask);
+
 	switch (*reason) {
 	case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ON:
 	case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_FORCE:
@@ -245,9 +252,10 @@ static void tick_do_broadcast_on_off(void *why)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (cpus_empty(tick_broadcast_mask))
-		clockevents_set_mode(bc, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN);
-	else {
+	if (cpus_empty(tick_broadcast_mask)) {
+		if (!bc_stopped)
+			clockevents_set_mode(bc, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN);
+	} else if (bc_stopped) {
 		if (tick_broadcast_device.mode == TICKDEV_MODE_PERIODIC)
 			tick_broadcast_start_periodic(bc);
 		else
@@ -364,16 +372,8 @@ cpumask_t *tick_get_broadcast_oneshot_mask(void)
 static int tick_broadcast_set_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *bc = tick_broadcast_device.evtdev;
-	ktime_t now = ktime_get();
-	int res;
-
-	for(;;) {
-		res = clockevents_program_event(bc, expires, now);
-		if (!res || !force)
-			return res;
-		now = ktime_get();
-		expires = ktime_add(now, ktime_set(0, bc->min_delta_ns));
-	}
+
+	return tick_dev_program_event(bc, expires, force);
 }
 
 int tick_resume_broadcast_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc)
@@ -491,14 +491,52 @@ static void tick_broadcast_clear_oneshot(int cpu)
 	cpu_clear(cpu, tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask);
 }
 
+static void tick_broadcast_init_next_event(cpumask_t *mask, ktime_t expires)
+{
+	struct tick_device *td;
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(cpu, *mask) {
+		td = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_device, cpu);
+		if (td->evtdev)
+			td->evtdev->next_event = expires;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot - setup the broadcast device
  */
 void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc)
 {
-	bc->event_handler = tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast;
-	clockevents_set_mode(bc, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT);
-	bc->next_event.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+	/* Set it up only once ! */
+	if (bc->event_handler != tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast) {
+		int was_periodic = bc->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC;
+		int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+		cpumask_t mask;
+
+		bc->event_handler = tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast;
+		clockevents_set_mode(bc, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT);
+
+		/* Take the do_timer update */
+		tick_do_timer_cpu = cpu;
+
+		/*
+		 * We must be careful here. There might be other CPUs
+		 * waiting for periodic broadcast. We need to set the
+		 * oneshot_mask bits for those and program the
+		 * broadcast device to fire.
+		 */
+		mask = tick_broadcast_mask;
+		cpu_clear(cpu, mask);
+		cpus_or(tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask,
+			tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask, mask);
+
+		if (was_periodic && !cpus_empty(mask)) {
+			tick_broadcast_init_next_event(&mask, tick_next_period);
+			tick_broadcast_set_event(tick_next_period, 1);
+		} else
+			bc->next_event.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index 80c4336f418..c4777193d56 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tick_device *td,
 	} else {
 		handler = td->evtdev->event_handler;
 		next_event = td->evtdev->next_event;
+		td->evtdev->event_handler = clockevents_handle_noop;
 	}
 
 	td->evtdev = newdev;
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
index f13f2b7f4fd..0ffc2918ea6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ extern void tick_handle_periodic(struct clock_event_device *dev);
 extern void tick_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *newdev,
 			       void (*handler)(struct clock_event_device *),
 			       ktime_t nextevt);
+extern int tick_dev_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev,
+				  ktime_t expires, int force);
 extern int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force);
 extern void tick_oneshot_notify(void);
 extern int tick_switch_to_oneshot(void (*handler)(struct clock_event_device *));
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
index 450c04935b6..2e8de678e76 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -23,24 +23,56 @@
 #include "tick-internal.h"
 
 /**
- * tick_program_event
+ * tick_program_event internal worker function
  */
-int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
+int tick_dev_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires,
+			   int force)
 {
-	struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
 	ktime_t now = ktime_get();
+	int i;
 
-	while (1) {
+	for (i = 0;;) {
 		int ret = clockevents_program_event(dev, expires, now);
 
 		if (!ret || !force)
 			return ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * We tried 2 times to program the device with the given
+		 * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we double it
+		 * and emit a warning.
+		 */
+		if (++i > 2) {
+			/* Increase the min. delta and try again */
+			if (!dev->min_delta_ns)
+				dev->min_delta_ns = 5000;
+			else
+				dev->min_delta_ns += dev->min_delta_ns >> 1;
+
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			       "CE: %s increasing min_delta_ns to %lu nsec\n",
+			       dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
+			       dev->min_delta_ns << 1);
+
+			i = 0;
+		}
+
 		now = ktime_get();
-		expires = ktime_add(now, ktime_set(0, dev->min_delta_ns));
+		expires = ktime_add_ns(now, dev->min_delta_ns);
 	}
 }
 
 /**
+ * tick_program_event
+ */
+int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
+{
+	struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
+
+	return tick_dev_program_event(dev, expires, force);
+}
+
+/**
  * tick_resume_onshot - resume oneshot mode
  */
 void tick_resume_oneshot(void)
@@ -61,7 +93,7 @@ void tick_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *newdev,
 {
 	newdev->event_handler = handler;
 	clockevents_set_mode(newdev, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT);
-	clockevents_program_event(newdev, next_event, ktime_get());
+	tick_dev_program_event(newdev, next_event, 1);
 }
 
 /**