Re: [PATCH] clocksource: Use the clocksource under test for the skew check timeout

From: Mani Tofigh

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 15:31:48 EST


On 11/3/26 3:20 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
The above explanation is enough. No need for this backtrace.



Ok, I'll drop it in v2.

So your reproducer does:

while true; do echo 0 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online; echo 1 >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online; done

right?



Yes, but on a kernel booted with clocksource=jiffies.

Can you and Srikanth please run that on top to validate that we don't
end up with that?
I ran my patch with your delta in the same guest and it holds up well.
No hang and no "stalled" warning (even though the remote read timed out
a lot during the loop).

Do you want the delta in v2? I can carry it as a separate patch from you
or fold it into mine, whatever you prefer.

Thanks!
Mani