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diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 28c73f07efb2..8dcdec6fe0fe 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1052,6 +1052,49 @@ static void resched_cpu(int cpu)
resched_task(cpu_curr(cpu));
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+/*
+ * When add_timer_on() enqueues a timer into the timer wheel of an
+ * idle CPU then this timer might expire before the next timer event
+ * which is scheduled to wake up that CPU. In case of a completely
+ * idle system the next event might even be infinite time into the
+ * future. wake_up_idle_cpu() ensures that the CPU is woken up and
+ * leaves the inner idle loop so the newly added timer is taken into
+ * account when the CPU goes back to idle and evaluates the timer
+ * wheel for the next timer event.
+ */
+void wake_up_idle_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+ struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
+
+ if (cpu == smp_processor_id())
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * This is safe, as this function is called with the timer
+ * wheel base lock of (cpu) held. When the CPU is on the way
+ * to idle and has not yet set rq->curr to idle then it will
+ * be serialized on the timer wheel base lock and take the new
+ * timer into account automatically.
+ */
+ if (rq->curr != rq->idle)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * We can set TIF_RESCHED on the idle task of the other CPU
+ * lockless. The worst case is that the other CPU runs the
+ * idle task through an additional NOOP schedule()
+ */
+ set_tsk_thread_flag(rq->idle, TIF_NEED_RESCHED);
+
+ /* NEED_RESCHED must be visible before we test polling */
+ smp_mb();
+ if (!tsk_is_polling(rq->idle))
+ smp_send_reschedule(cpu);
+}
+#endif
+
#else
static void __resched_task(struct task_struct *p, int tif_bit)
{