[PATCH RT 2/7] timer: Invoke timer_start_debug() where it makes sense

From: Daniel Wagner
Date: Wed Apr 04 2018 - 03:17:20 EST


From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The timer start debug function is called before the proper timer base is
set. As a consequence the trace data contains the stale CPU and flags
values.

Call the debug function after setting the new base and flags.

Fixes: 500462a9de65 ("timers: Switch to a non-cascading wheel")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/timer.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index a8246d79cb5a..6b322aea1c46 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -838,8 +838,6 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires,
if (!ret && pending_only)
goto out_unlock;

- debug_activate(timer, expires);
-
new_base = get_target_base(base, pinned);

if (base != new_base) {
@@ -854,6 +852,8 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires,
base = switch_timer_base(timer, base, new_base);
}

+ debug_activate(timer, expires);
+
timer->expires = expires;
internal_add_timer(base, timer);

--
2.14.3