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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/timer_migration.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c index e3075e40cb43..ccba875d2234 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c @@ -751,6 +751,33 @@ bool tmigr_update_events(struct tmigr_group *group, struct tmigr_group *child, first_childevt = evt = data->evt; + /* + * Walking the hierarchy is required in any case when a + * remote expiry was done before. This ensures to not lose + * already queued events in non active groups (see section + * "Required event and timerqueue update after a remote + * expiry" in the documentation at the top). + * + * The two call sites which are executed without a remote expiry + * before, are not prevented from propagating changes through + * the hierarchy by the return: + * - When entering this path by tmigr_new_timer(), @evt->ignore + * is never set. + * - tmigr_inactive_up() takes care of the propagation by + * itself and ignores the return value. But an immediate + * return is possible if there is a parent, sparing group + * locking at this level, because the upper walking call to + * the parent will take care about removing this event from + * within the group and update next_expiry accordingly. + * + * However if there is no parent, ie: the hierarchy has only a + * single level so @group is the top level group, make sure the + * first event information of the group is updated properly and + * also handled properly, so skip this fast return path. + */ + if (evt->ignore && !remote && group->parent) + return true; + raw_spin_lock(&group->lock); childstate.state = 0; |