Re: clocksource: Reduce watchdog readout delay limit to prevent false positives

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, Dec 19 2025 at 16:18, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 11:13:05AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> > My concern is that the patch below would force needless cs_watchdog_read()
>> > retries.
>> 
>> That's not the end of the world and way better than degrading the
>> watchdog further.
>
> But what you proposed is just a further tweak of the heuristics you so
> energetically decry above.

I fully agree that it is a bandaid fix, but it makes the machinery
consistent and correct. It prevents false positives, which are
inevitable in the current design. No?

Thanks,

        tglx