linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] timer fix

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Message-ID: <20140329184401.GA27245@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:44:01 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] timer fix

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

   # HEAD: cab5e127eef040399902caa8e1510795583fa03a time: Revert to calling clock_was_set_delayed() while in irq context

A late breaking fix from John. (The bug fixed has a hard lockup 
potential, but that was not observed, warnings were.)

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
John Stultz (1):
      time: Revert to calling clock_was_set_delayed() while in irq context


 kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 0aa4ce8..5b40279 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1435,7 +1435,8 @@ void update_wall_time(void)
 out:
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timekeeper_lock, flags);
 	if (clock_set)
-		clock_was_set();
+		/* Have to call _delayed version, since in irq context*/
+		clock_was_set_delayed();
 }
 
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