[PATCH] timers: Clear pending_map on CPU hotplug
From: Liang Hao
Date: Sun Aug 23 2026 - 07:51:21 EST
CPU hotplug migration leaves pending_map bits set on the outgoing CPU
while its wheel vectors are empty. After re-online, a later next_expiry
recalc can treat those empty buckets as pending and temporarily pull
next_expiry forward until collect drains the bits.
Clear pending_map under the base lock after migration in
timers_dead_cpu(), and in timers_prepare_cpu() for a full base reinit.
Signed-off-by: Liang Hao <haohlliang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/timer.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index ae9abf14688e..e550489c73b8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
#include <linux/compat.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -2509,6 +2510,7 @@ int timers_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
base->next_expiry_recalc = false;
base->timers_pending = false;
base->is_idle = false;
+ bitmap_zero(base->pending_map, WHEEL_SIZE);
}
return 0;
}
@@ -2541,6 +2543,7 @@ int timers_dead_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
for (i = 0; i < WHEEL_SIZE; i++)
migrate_timer_list(new_base, old_base->vectors + i);
+ bitmap_zero(old_base->pending_map, WHEEL_SIZE);
raw_spin_unlock(&old_base->lock);
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&new_base->lock);
put_cpu_ptr(&timer_bases);
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)