When clockevents_program_event() is given an expire time in the
past, it does not update dev->next_event, so this looping code
would loop forever once the first in-the-past expiration time
was used.
Keep advancing "next" locally to fix this bug.
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
void tick_handle_periodic(struct clock_event_device *dev)
{
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ ktime_t next;
tick_periodic(cpu);
* Setup the next period for devices, which do not have
* periodic mode:
*/
+ next = ktime_add(dev->next_event, tick_period);
for (;;) {
- ktime_t next = ktime_add(dev->next_event, tick_period);
-
if (!clockevents_program_event(dev, next, ktime_get()))
return;
tick_periodic(cpu);
+ next = ktime_add(next, tick_period);
}
}