Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of...

Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  sched: Fix the irqtime code for 32bit
  sched: Fix the irqtime code to deal with u64 wraps
  nohz: Fix get_next_timer_interrupt() vs cpu hotplug
  Sched: fix skip_clock_update optimization
  sched: Cure more NO_HZ load average woes

include/linux/sched.h

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ extern unsigned long nr_iowait_cpu(int cpu);
 extern unsigned long this_cpu_load(void);
 
 
-extern void calc_global_load(void);
+extern void calc_global_load(unsigned long ticks);
 
 extern unsigned long get_parent_ip(unsigned long addr);
 

kernel/fork.c

@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig)
 
 	setup_thread_stack(tsk, orig);
 	clear_user_return_notifier(tsk);
+	clear_tsk_need_resched(tsk);
 	stackend = end_of_stack(tsk);
 	*stackend = STACK_END_MAGIC;	/* for overflow detection */
 

kernel/timer.c

@@ -1252,6 +1252,12 @@ unsigned long get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long now)
 	struct tvec_base *base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
 	unsigned long expires;
 
+	/*
+	 * Pretend that there is no timer pending if the cpu is offline.
+	 * Possible pending timers will be migrated later to an active cpu.
+	 */
+	if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))
+		return now + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA;
 	spin_lock(&base->lock);
 	if (time_before_eq(base->next_timer, base->timer_jiffies))
 		base->next_timer = __next_timer_interrupt(base);
@@ -1319,7 +1325,7 @@ void do_timer(unsigned long ticks)
 {
 	jiffies_64 += ticks;
 	update_wall_time();
-	calc_global_load();
+	calc_global_load(ticks);
 }
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM