From: Nazim Amirul Currently hrtimer_start is called even if hrtimer is active. This is unnecessary and expensive in some targets. This patch avoids calling hrtimer_start unnecessarily. Signed-off-by: Rohan G Thomas Signed-off-by: Nazim Amirul --- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c index 3591755ea30b..35da51c26248 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c @@ -3341,12 +3341,14 @@ static void stmmac_tx_timer_arm(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 queue) * Try to cancel any timer if napi is scheduled, timer will be armed * again in the next scheduled napi. */ - if (unlikely(!napi_is_scheduled(napi))) - hrtimer_start(&tx_q->txtimer, - STMMAC_COAL_TIMER(tx_coal_timer), - HRTIMER_MODE_REL); - else + if (unlikely(!napi_is_scheduled(napi))) { + if (unlikely(!(hrtimer_active(&tx_q->txtimer)))) + hrtimer_start(&tx_q->txtimer, + STMMAC_COAL_TIMER(tx_coal_timer), + HRTIMER_MODE_REL); + } else { hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&tx_q->txtimer); + } } /** -- 2.43.7