[tip: timers/urgent] hrtimer: Fix softirq base check in update_needs_ipi()

From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Weißschuh

Date: Tue Jan 13 2026 - 05:06:56 EST


The following commit has been merged into the timers/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 05dc4a9fc8b36d4c99d76bbc02aa9ec0132de4c2
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/05dc4a9fc8b36d4c99d76bbc02aa9ec0132de4c2
Author: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:39:24 +01:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:04:41 +01:00

hrtimer: Fix softirq base check in update_needs_ipi()

The 'clockid' field is not the correct way to check for a softirq base.

Fix the check to correctly compare the base type instead of the clockid.

Fixes: 1e7f7fbcd40c ("hrtimer: Avoid more SMP function calls in clock_was_set()")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107-hrtimer-clock-base-check-v1-1-afb5dbce94a1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index bdb30cc..0e4bc1c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static bool update_needs_ipi(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base,
return true;

/* Extra check for softirq clock bases */
- if (base->clockid < HRTIMER_BASE_MONOTONIC_SOFT)
+ if (base->index < HRTIMER_BASE_MONOTONIC_SOFT)
continue;
if (cpu_base->softirq_activated)
continue;