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SubjectRe: [PATCH] hrtimer, add expiry time overflow check in hrtimer_interrupt
On 2013/4/25 6:42, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 04:34:26PM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 04/08/2013 04:19 PM, John Stultz wrote:
>>> On 04/08/2013 05:47 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> A simple check for an overflow can resolve this problem. Using KTIME_MAX
>>>> instead of the overflow value will result in the hrtimer function being run,
>>>> and the reprogramming of the timer after that.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
>>>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>>>> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
>>>
>>> Prarit: Should this be tagged for -stable?
>>
>> John,
>>
>> Yes, this should go to -stable. cc'd.
>>
> Hi,
>
> I am a bit surprised that this patch has not found its way into mainline yet,
> as everyone seems to agree that it is a candidate for -stable.
>
> I hit this problem very reliably (ie with each boot) with 3.8.x on systems
> which have no RTC and run systemd. Seen with Freescale P5040 as well as
> a Broadcom MIPS based system.
>

FYI, we also hit this warning with 3.4-rt.



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