hrtimer: Prevent all reprogramming if hang detected
authorStuart Hayes <stuart.w.hayes@gmail.com>
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 22:55:02 +0000 (17:55 -0500)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Mon, 9 Jun 2014 12:29:04 +0000 (13:29 +0100)
commit152dbbc7b1ff1153c01e61738d178263a64405a3
tree803f69118e75823cce7372ada095906c36b59009
parent5df3ce5b2c388c350eee161672e6bd862bd098ec
hrtimer: Prevent all reprogramming if hang detected

commit 6c6c0d5a1c949d2e084706f9e5fb1fccc175b265 upstream.

If the last hrtimer interrupt detected a hang it sets hang_detected=1
and programs the clock event device with a delay to let the system
make progress.

If hang_detected == 1, we prevent reprogramming of the clock event
device in hrtimer_reprogram() but not in hrtimer_force_reprogram().

This can lead to the following situation:

hrtimer_interrupt()
   hang_detected = 1;
   program ce device to Xms from now (hang delay)

We have two timers pending:
   T1 expires 50ms from now
   T2 expires 5s from now

Now T1 gets canceled, which causes hrtimer_force_reprogram() to be
invoked, which in turn programs the clock event device to T2 (5
seconds from now).

Any hrtimer_start after that will not reprogram the hardware due to
hang_detected still being set. So we effectivly block all timers until
the T2 event fires and cleans up the hang situation.

Add a check for hang_detected to hrtimer_force_reprogram() which
prevents the reprogramming of the hang delay in the hardware
timer. The subsequent hrtimer_interrupt will resolve all outstanding
issues.

[ tglx: Rewrote subject and changelog and fixed up the comment in
   hrtimer_force_reprogram() ]

Signed-off-by: Stuart Hayes <stuart.w.hayes@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/53602DC6.2060101@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
kernel/hrtimer.c