* if the cpu local event is earlier than the
* broadcast event. If the current CPU is in
* the force mask, then we are going to be
- * woken by the IPI right away.
+ * woken by the IPI right away; we return
+ * busy, so the CPU does not try to go deep
+ * idle.
*/
- if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tick_broadcast_force_mask) &&
- dev->next_event.tv64 < bc->next_event.tv64)
+ if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tick_broadcast_force_mask)) {
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ } else if (dev->next_event.tv64 < bc->next_event.tv64) {
tick_broadcast_set_event(bc, cpu, dev->next_event);
+ }
}
/*
* If the current CPU owns the hrtimer broadcast