3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
commit a7dc19b8652c862d5b7c4d2339bd3c428bd29c4a upstream.
Currently tick_check_broadcast_device doesn't reject clock_event_devices
with CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DUMMY, and may select them in preference to real
hardware if they have a higher rating value. In this situation, the
dummy timer is responsible for broadcasting to itself, and the core
clockevents code may attempt to call non-existent callbacks for
programming the dummy, eventually leading to a panic.
This patch makes tick_check_broadcast_device always reject dummy timers,
preventing this problem.
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Jon Medhurst (Tixy) <tixy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ static void tick_broadcast_start_periodi
*/
int tick_check_broadcast_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
{
- if ((tick_broadcast_device.evtdev &&
+ if ((dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DUMMY) ||
+ (tick_broadcast_device.evtdev &&
tick_broadcast_device.evtdev->rating >= dev->rating) ||
(dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP))
return 0;
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