The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: aae55e9fb8fc73893f86165f0d84a33b7080902a Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/aae55e9fb8fc73893f86165f0d84a33b7080902a Author: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:05:35 +01:00 Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:52:31 +01:00 timers: Make sure TIMER_PINNED flag is set in add_timer_on() When adding a timer to the timer wheel using add_timer_on(), it is an implicitly pinned timer. With the timer pull at expiry time model in place, the TIMER_PINNED flag is required to make sure timers end up in proper base. Set the TIMER_PINNED flag unconditionally when add_timer_on() is executed. Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240221090548.36600-8-anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- kernel/time/timer.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c index bef8cb8..121f5b9 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -1329,7 +1329,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_timer_global); * @timer: The timer to be started * @cpu: The CPU to start it on * - * Same as add_timer() except that it starts the timer on the given CPU. + * Same as add_timer() except that it starts the timer on the given CPU and + * the TIMER_PINNED flag is set. When timer shouldn't be a pinned timer in + * the next round, add_timer_global() should be used instead as it unsets + * the TIMER_PINNED flag. * * See add_timer() for further details. */ @@ -1343,6 +1346,9 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu) if (WARN_ON_ONCE(timer_pending(timer))) return; + /* Make sure timer flags have TIMER_PINNED flag set */ + timer->flags |= TIMER_PINNED; + new_base = get_timer_cpu_base(timer->flags, cpu); /*