2.6.23-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: David P. Reed patch c399da0d97e06803e51085ec076b63a3168aad1b in mainline. x86: fix freeze in x86_64 RTC update code in time_64.c Fix hard freeze on x86_64 when the ntpd service calls update_persistent_clock() A repeatable but randomly timed freeze has been happening in Fedora 6 and 7 for the last year, whenever I run the ntpd service on my AMD64x2 HP Pavilion dv9000z laptop. This freeze is due to the use of spin_lock(&rtc_lock) under the assumption (per a bad comment) that set_rtc_mmss is called only with interrupts disabled. The call from ntp.c to update_persistent_clock is made with interrupts enabled. [ tglx@linutronix.de: ported to 2.6.23.stable ] Signed-off-by: David P. Reed Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c @@ -87,18 +87,15 @@ static int set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long no int retval = 0; int real_seconds, real_minutes, cmos_minutes; unsigned char control, freq_select; + unsigned long flags; /* - * IRQs are disabled when we're called from the timer interrupt, - * no need for spin_lock_irqsave() + * set_rtc_mmss is called when irqs are enabled, so disable irqs here */ - - spin_lock(&rtc_lock); - + spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags); /* * Tell the clock it's being set and stop it. */ - control = CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL); CMOS_WRITE(control | RTC_SET, RTC_CONTROL); @@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ static int set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long no CMOS_WRITE(control, RTC_CONTROL); CMOS_WRITE(freq_select, RTC_FREQ_SELECT); - spin_unlock(&rtc_lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags); return retval; } -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/