linux-kernel - [GIT PULL clocksource] Clocksource watchdog commits for v5.15

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Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:01:33 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, john.stultz@...aro.org,
        kernel-team@...com, ak@...ux.intel.com, rong.a.chen@...el.com,
        sboyd@...nel.org
Subject: [GIT PULL clocksource] Clocksource watchdog commits for v5.15

Hello, Thomas,

This pull request contains a single change that prevents clocksource
watchdog testing on systems with HZ < 100, thus preventing the integer
underflow that can occur on leisurely HZed systems.  This has been
posted to LKML:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210721212755.GA2066078@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1/

This has been tested by Rong Chen of Intel.  It has also been subjected
to subjected to the kbuild test robot and -next testing, and are available
in the git repository based on v5.14-rc2 at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git clocksource

for you to fetch changes up to 9b073961afabcf70d0804e472ea02fc6c739dcce:

  clocksource: Prohibit clocksource watchdog test when HZ<100 (2021-07-20 13:54:34 -0700)

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Paul E. McKenney (1):
      clocksource: Prohibit clocksource watchdog test when HZ<100

 lib/Kconfig.debug | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)