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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:04:58 +0200 (CEST)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: "Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@...driva.com.br>
cc: herton@...driva.com.br,
Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@...il.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't boot on a Pavilion laptop
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino wrote:
> """
> PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
> DMAR:parse DMAR table failure.
> """
>
> Also, after about 10 minutes I get the same backtrace as reported in
> the ticket above... It's the same bug then.
Venki found a nasty bug in the clock events code which might be
related to this. I found one as well. Can you please apply the combo
of those fixes to current mainline and test it ?
Thanks,
tglx
-----
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/clockchips.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/clockchips.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ extern int clockevents_register_notifier
extern int clockevents_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev,
ktime_t expires, ktime_t now);
+extern void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
extern void clockevents_notify(unsigned long reason, void *arg);
#else
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/clockevents.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void clockevents_register_device(struct
/*
* Noop handler when we shut down an event device
*/
-static void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev)
{
}
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ void clockevents_exchange_device(struct
* released list and do a notify add later.
*/
if (old) {
- old->event_handler = clockevents_handle_noop;
clockevents_set_mode(old, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
list_del(&old->list);
list_add(&old->list, &clockevents_released);
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-common.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tic
} else {
handler = td->evtdev->event_handler;
next_event = td->evtdev->next_event;
+ td->evtdev->event_handler = clockevents_handle_noop;
}
td->evtdev = newdev;
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ static void tick_do_periodic_broadcast(v
*/
static void tick_handle_periodic_broadcast(struct clock_event_device *dev)
{
+ ktime_t next;
+
tick_do_periodic_broadcast();
/*
@@ -185,10 +187,13 @@ static void tick_handle_periodic_broadca
/*
* Setup the next period for devices, which do not have
- * periodic mode:
+ * periodic mode. We read dev->next_event first and add to it
+ * when the event alrady expired. clockevents_program_event()
+ * sets dev->next_event only when the event is really
+ * programmed to the device.
*/
- for (;;) {
- ktime_t next = ktime_add(dev->next_event, tick_period);
+ for (next = dev->next_event; ;) {
+ next = ktime_add(next, tick_period);
if (!clockevents_program_event(dev, next, ktime_get()))
return;
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
#include "tick-internal.h"
/**
- * tick_program_event
+ * tick_program_event internal worker function
*/
-int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
+static int __tick_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev,
+ ktime_t expires, int force)
{
- struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
ktime_t now = ktime_get();
while (1) {
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires,
}
/**
+ * tick_program_event
+ */
+int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
+{
+ struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
+
+ return __tick_program_event(dev, expires, force);
+}
+
+/**
* tick_resume_onshot - resume oneshot mode
*/
void tick_resume_oneshot(void)
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ void tick_setup_oneshot(struct clock_eve
{
newdev->event_handler = handler;
clockevents_set_mode(newdev, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT);
- clockevents_program_event(newdev, next_event, ktime_get());
+ __tick_program_event(newdev, next_event, 1);
}
/**
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