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Merge branch 'timers/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 

* 'timers/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  clockevents: prevent endless loop in tick_handle_periodic()
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Linus Torvalds 2009-05-05 12:09:38 -07:00
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commit 99ee12973e
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@ -93,7 +93,17 @@ void tick_handle_periodic(struct clock_event_device *dev)
for (;;) {
if (!clockevents_program_event(dev, next, ktime_get()))
return;
tick_periodic(cpu);
/*
* Have to be careful here. If we're in oneshot mode,
* before we call tick_periodic() in a loop, we need
* to be sure we're using a real hardware clocksource.
* Otherwise we could get trapped in an infinite
* loop, as the tick_periodic() increments jiffies,
* when then will increment time, posibly causing
* the loop to trigger again and again.
*/
if (timekeeping_valid_for_hres())
tick_periodic(cpu);
next = ktime_add(next, tick_period);
}
}