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SubjectRe: + fix-next_timer_interrupt-for-hrtimer.patch added to -mm tree
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On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 10:57 -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > This is racy on SMP. nanosleep hrtimers are on the stack and can go away
> > due to a signal. posix timers can be removed and destroyed on another
> > CPU.
>
> This should be fixed. But just as a note, we can tolerate some removed
> timer values values as it would be just an extra timer interrupt.

The problem is not the removed timer. Its the reference to a destroyed
object you hold.

tglx



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