Thanks,

	tglx
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Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/clockchips.h
===================================================================

--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/clockchips.h

@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ enum clock_event_mode {
 #define CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DYNIRQ		0x000020
 #define CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERCPU		0x000040

+/*
+ * Clockevent device is based on a hrtimer for broadcast
+ */
+#define CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_HRTIMER		0x000080
+
 /**
  * struct clock_event_device - clock event device descriptor
  * @event_handler:	Assigned by the framework to be called by the low

@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ enum clock_event_mode {
  * @name:		ptr to clock event name
  * @rating:		variable to rate clock event devices
  * @irq:		IRQ number (only for non CPU local devices)
+ * @bound_on:		Bound on CPU
  * @cpumask:		cpumask to indicate for which CPUs this device works
  * @list:		list head for the management code
  * @owner:		module reference

@@ -113,6 +119,7 @@ struct clock_event_device {
 	const char		*name;
 	int			rating;
 	int			irq;
+	int			bound_on;
 	const struct cpumask	*cpumask;
 	struct list_head	list;
 	struct module		*owner;

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c
===================================================================

--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+
+static struct hrtimer bctimer;
+
+static void bc_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode,
+			struct clock_event_device *bc)
+{
+	switch (mode) {
+	case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN:
+		/*
+		 * Note, we cannot cancel the timer here as we might
+		 * run into the following live lock scenario:
+		 *
+		 * cpu 0		cpu1
+		 * lock(broadcast_lock);
+		 *			hrtimer_interrupt()
+		 *			bc_handler()
+		 *			   tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast();
+		 *			    lock(broadcast_lock);
+		 * hrtimer_cancel()
+		 *  wait_for_callback()
+		 */
+		hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&bctimer);
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is called from the guts of the broadcast code when the cpu
+ * which is about to enter idle has the earliest broadcast timer event.
+ */
+static int bc_set_next(ktime_t expires, struct clock_event_device *bc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We try to cancel the timer first. If the callback is on
+	 * flight on some other cpu then we let it handle it. If we
+	 * were able to cancel the timer nothing can rearm it as we
+	 * own broadcast_lock.
+	 */
+	if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&bctimer) >= 0) {
+		hrtimer_start(&bctimer, expires, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
+		/* Bind the "device" to the cpu */
+		bc->bound_on = smp_processor_id();
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct clock_event_device ce_broadcast_hrtimer = {
+	.set_mode		= bc_set_mode,
+	.set_next_ktime		= bc_set_next,
+	.features		= CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT |
+				  CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_KTIME |
+				  CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_HRTIMER,
+	.rating			= 0,
+	.bound_on		= -1,
+	.min_delta_ns		= 1,
+	.max_delta_ns		= KTIME_MAX,
+	.min_delta_ticks	= 1,
+	.max_delta_ticks	= KTIME_MAX,
+	.mult			= 1,
+	.shift			= 0,
+	.cpumask		= cpu_all_mask,
+};
+
+static enum hrtimer_restart bc_handler(struct hrtimer *t)
+{
+	ce_broadcast_hrtimer.event_handler(&ce_broadcast_hrtimer);
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
+void tick_setup_hrtimer_broadcast(void)
+{
+	hrtimer_init(&bctimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+	bctimer.function = bc_handler;
+	clockevents_register(&ce_broadcast_hrtimer);
+}

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
===================================================================

--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c

@@ -630,6 +630,42 @@ again:
 	raw_spin_unlock(&tick_broadcast_lock);
 }

+static int broadcast_needs_cpu(struct clock_event_device *bc, int cpu)
+{
+	if (!(bc->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_HRTIMER))
+		return 0;
+	if (bc->next_event.tv64 == KTIME_MAX)
+		return 0;
+	return bc->bound_on == cpu ? -EBUSY : 0;
+}
+
+static void broadcast_shutdown_local(struct clock_event_device *bc,
+				     struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+	/*
+	 * For hrtimer based broadcasting we cannot shutdown the cpu
+	 * local device if our own event is the first one to expire or
+	 * if we own the broadcast timer.
+	 */
+	if (bc->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_HRTIMER) {
+		if (broadcast_needs_cpu(bc))
+			return;
+		if (dev->next_event.tv64 < bc->next_event.tv64)
+			return;
+	}
+	clockevents_set_mode(dev, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN);
+}
+
+static void broadcast_move_bc(int deadcpu)
+{
+	struct clock_event_device *bc = tick_broadcast_device.evtdev;
+
+	if (!bc || !broadcast_needs_cpu(bc, deadcpu))
+		return;
+	/* This moves the broadcast assignment to this cpu */
+	clockevents_program_event(bc, bc->next_event, 1);
+}
+
 /*
  * Powerstate information: The system enters/leaves a state, where
  * affected devices might stop

@@ -639,8 +675,8 @@ void tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(unsi
 	struct clock_event_device *bc, *dev;
 	struct tick_device *td;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int cpu, ret = 0;
 	ktime_t now;
-	int cpu;

 	/*
 	 * Periodic mode does not care about the enter/exit of power

@@ -666,7 +702,7 @@ void tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(unsi
 	if (reason == CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ENTER) {
 		if (!cpumask_test_and_set_cpu(cpu, tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask)) {
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tick_broadcast_pending_mask));
-			clockevents_set_mode(dev, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN);
+			broadcast_shutdown_local(bc, dev);
 			/*
 			 * We only reprogram the broadcast timer if we
 			 * did not mark ourself in the force mask and

@@ -679,6 +715,11 @@ void tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(unsi
 			    dev->next_event.tv64 < bc->next_event.tv64)
 				tick_broadcast_set_event(bc, cpu, dev->next_event, 1);
 		}
+		/*
+		 * If the current CPU owns the hrtimer broadcast
+		 * mechanism, it cannot go deep idle.
+		 */
+		ret = broadcast_needs_cpu(bc, cpu);
 	} else {
 		if (cpumask_test_and_clear_cpu(cpu, tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask)) {
 			clockevents_set_mode(dev, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT);

@@ -851,6 +892,8 @@ void tick_shutdown_broadcast_oneshot(uns
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, tick_broadcast_pending_mask);
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, tick_broadcast_force_mask);

+	broadcast_move_bc(cpu);
+
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tick_broadcast_lock, flags);
 }