[tip: timers/core] hrtimer: Retrigger local timers after clock changes

From: tip-bot2 for Avi Weiss

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 14:59:08 EST


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

Commit-ID: 81b8beef105bd9151ca1fa2e0796933a46adb670
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/81b8beef105bd9151ca1fa2e0796933a46adb670
Author: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 01 Nov 2026 16:15:53 +02:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:25:25 +01:00

hrtimer: Retrigger local timers after clock changes

clock_was_set() selects CPUs whose hrtimer deadlines move earlier
after a clock change. smp_call_function_many() excludes the calling
CPU even when it is in the mask, leaving its clock event programmed
for the old deadline. An overdue realtime timer can then expire
only when a later event triggers timer handling.

Use on_each_cpu_mask() to retrigger the local CPU when selected,
without interrupting CPUs with unaffected deadlines.

Fixes: 81d741d3460c ("hrtimer: Avoid unnecessary SMP function calls in clock_was_set()")
Signed-off-by: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261101141552.644764-2-thnkslprpt@xxxxxxxxx
---
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 a9dc2d5..6d7a0d8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ void clock_was_set(unsigned int bases)
cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mask);
}
scoped_guard(preempt)
- smp_call_function_many(mask, retrigger_next_event, NULL, 1);
+ on_each_cpu_mask(mask, retrigger_next_event, NULL, 1);
}
free_cpumask_var(mask);