Re: [Issue] timer callback registered with mod_timer is getting called beforetime

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Sep 24 2021 - 08:09:07 EST


On Fri, Sep 24 2021 at 12:23, Maninder Singh wrote:
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> As we checekd code if CPU responsible for updating jiffies value(lets
> say CPU0) has interrupts disabled for 60 ms and in mean time other
> CPU(CPU1) registers new timer for (jiffies + x) value. its callback
> will be called before time.

So you run some stuff for 60ms with interrupts disabled and now you are
asking what's wrong?

The answer is simply: Keeping interrupts disabled for 60ms is wrong.

Anything else is just a symptom.

Thanks,

tglx