[tip:timers/urgent] tick/broadcast: Prevent deep idle if no broadcast device available

[tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner]

Commit-ID:  b78f3f3c898c824bf56ab55cfa59fc72be49c349
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/b78f3f3c898c824bf56ab55cfa59fc72be49c349
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 16:34:32 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 18:46:47 +0200

tick/broadcast: Prevent deep idle if no broadcast device available

Add a check for a installed broadcast device to the oneshot control
function and return busy if not.

[ Split out from a larger combo patch ]

Reported-and-tested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suzuki Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: alpine.DEB.2.11.1507070929360.3916@nanos">http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.11.1507070929360.3916@nanos
---
 kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index ef77b16..fad3f78 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -693,6 +693,13 @@ int __tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(enum tick_broadcast_state state)
 	ktime_t now;
 
 	/*
+	 * If there is no broadcast device, tell the caller not to go
+	 * into deep idle.
+	 */
+	if (!tick_broadcast_device.evtdev)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	/*
 	 * Periodic mode does not care about the enter/exit of power
 	 * states
 	 */
--
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