The function timer_base_is_idle allows to query if the current CPU's
timer base is set to idle. There's currently no way to get the same
information for a remote CPU.

Add timer_base_remote_is_idle that given a CPU number returns the timer
base idle state of that CPU.

Signed-off-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/time/tick-internal.h |  1 +
 kernel/time/timer.c         | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
index faac36de35b9..75580f7c69c6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ extern void fetch_next_timer_interrupt_remote(unsigned long basej, u64 basem,
 extern void timer_lock_remote_bases(unsigned int cpu);
 extern void timer_unlock_remote_bases(unsigned int cpu);
 extern bool timer_base_is_idle(void);
+extern bool timer_base_remote_is_idle(unsigned int cpu);
 extern void timer_expire_remote(unsigned int cpu);
 # endif
 #else /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 4d915c0a263c..f7fbd3b3cb83 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -2162,6 +2162,17 @@ bool timer_base_is_idle(void)
 	return __this_cpu_read(timer_bases[BASE_LOCAL].is_idle);
 }
 
+/**
+ * timer_base_remote_is_idle() - Return whether timer base is set idle for cpu
+ * @cpu:	Remote CPU
+ *
+ * Returns value of local timer base is_idle value for remote cpu.
+ */
+bool timer_base_remote_is_idle(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return per_cpu(timer_bases[BASE_LOCAL].is_idle, cpu);
+}
+
 static void __run_timer_base(struct timer_base *base);
 
 /**
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