linux-kernel - Re: [tip: timers/core] Revert "tick/common: Make tick

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Date:   Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:10:28 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, Qian Cai <cai@....pw>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip: timers/core] Revert "tick/common: Make tick_periodic()
 check for missing ticks"

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 06:54:22PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:
> 
> Commit-ID:     52da479a9aee630d2cdf37d05edfe5bcfff3e17f
> Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/52da479a9aee630d2cdf37d05edfe5bcfff3e17f
> Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> AuthorDate:    Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:47:06 +01:00
> Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> CommitterDate: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:47:48 +01:00
> 
> Revert "tick/common: Make tick_periodic() check for missing ticks"
> 
> This reverts commit d441dceb5dce71150f28add80d36d91bbfccba99 due to
> boot failures.
> 
> Reported-by: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
> ---
>  kernel/time/tick-common.c | 36 +++---------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

ACK, this fixes an early boot freeze on one of my boxes too.

Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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    Boris.

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