linux-kernel - [GIT pull] timer fix for 4.15

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:32:38 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [GIT pull] timer fix for 4.15

Linus,

please pull the latest timers-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git timers-urgent-for-linus

A one-liner fix which prevents deferrable timers becoming stale when the
system does not switch into NOHZ mode.

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
Thomas Gleixner (1):
      timers: Unconditionally check deferrable base


 kernel/time/timer.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 89a9e1b4264a..0bcf00e3ce48 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ void run_local_timers(void)
 	hrtimer_run_queues();
 	/* Raise the softirq only if required. */
 	if (time_before(jiffies, base->clk)) {
-		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) || !base->nohz_active)
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON))
 			return;
 		/* CPU is awake, so check the deferrable base. */
 		base++;