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Commit 99ee1297 authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds
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* '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()
parents bcb16568 74a03b69
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@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ void tick_handle_periodic(struct clock_event_device *dev)
	for (;;) {
		if (!clockevents_program_event(dev, next, ktime_get()))
			return;
		/*
		 * 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);
	}