In hrtimer_force_reprogram(), we are reprogramming event device only if the next timer event is before KTIME_MAX. But what if it is equal to KTIME_MAX? As we aren't reprogramming it again, it will be set to the last value it was, probably tick interval, i.e. few milliseconds.
And we will get a interrupt due to that, wouldn't have any hrtimers to service and return without doing much. But the implementation of event device's driver may make it more stupid. For example: drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c disables the event device only on SHUTDOWN/UNUSED requests in set-mode. Otherwise, it will keep giving interrupts at tick interval even if hrtimer_interrupt() didn't reprogram tick.. To get this fixed, lets reprogram event device even for KTIME_MAX, so that the timer is scheduled for long enough. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.ku...@linaro.org> --- kernel/hrtimer.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c index 6b715c0..b21085c 100644 --- a/kernel/hrtimer.c +++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c @@ -591,8 +591,7 @@ hrtimer_force_reprogram(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base, int skip_equal) if (cpu_base->hang_detected) return; - if (cpu_base->expires_next.tv64 != KTIME_MAX) - tick_program_event(cpu_base->expires_next, 1); + tick_program_event(cpu_base->expires_next, 1); } /* -- 2.0.0.rc2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/