linux-kernel - Re: timers: Move clearing of base::timer

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Message-ID: <20201211150425.pjpydbmo7k7j6vtv@linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:04:25 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: timers: Move clearing of base::timer_running under base::lock

On 2020-12-11 15:36:27 [+0100], Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> So the change at hand does not make things worse, right?

Correct. This *ping*-*pong* was there before this patch because
->running_timer is always cleared after the callback finishes.

I was just curious why out of a sudden there are *that* many users of
the corner case. 

> Thanks,
> 
>         tglx

Sebastian