2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Bodo Stroesser commit d7b41a24bfb5d7fa02f7b49be1293d468814e424 upstream When using hrtimer with timer->cb_mode == HRTIMER_CB_SOFTIRQ in some cases the clockevent is not programmed. This happens, if: - a timer is rearmed while it's state is HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK - hrtimer_reprogram() returns -ETIME, when it is called after CALLBACK is finished. This occurs if the new timer->expires is in the past when CALLBACK is done. In this case, the timer needs to be removed from the tree and put onto the pending list again. The patch is against 2.6.22.5, but AFAICS, it is relevant for 2.6.25 also (in run_hrtimer_pending()). Signed-off-by: Bodo Stroesser Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/hrtimer.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/hrtimer.c +++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c @@ -1080,8 +1080,19 @@ static void run_hrtimer_pending(struct h * If the timer was rearmed on another CPU, reprogram * the event device. */ - if (timer->base->first == &timer->node) - hrtimer_reprogram(timer, timer->base); + struct hrtimer_clock_base *base = timer->base; + + if (base->first == &timer->node && + hrtimer_reprogram(timer, base)) { + /* + * Timer is expired. Thus move it from tree to + * pending list again. + */ + __remove_hrtimer(timer, base, + HRTIMER_STATE_PENDING, 0); + list_add_tail(&timer->cb_entry, + &base->cpu_base->cb_pending); + } } } spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_base->lock); -- -- 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/