The deadlock was introduced by 06c017fdd4dc48451a (timekeeping:
Hold timekeepering locks in do_adjtimex and hardpps) in 3.10
This patch avoids this deadlock, by moving the call to
schedule_delayed_work() outside of the timekeeper lock
critical section.
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.falauto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> #3.11, 3.10
Reported-by: Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.falauto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Lin Ming <minggr@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/timex.h | 1 +
kernel/time/ntp.c | 6 ++----
kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/timex.h b/include/linux/timex.h
index b3726e6..dd3edd7 100644
--- a/include/linux/timex.h
+++ b/include/linux/timex.h
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ extern int do_adjtimex(struct timex *);
extern void hardpps(const struct timespec *, const struct timespec *);
int read_current_timer(unsigned long *timer_val);
+void ntp_notify_cmos_timer(void);
/* The clock frequency of the i8253/i8254 PIT */
#define PIT_TICK_RATE 1193182ul
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 8f5b3b9..bb22151 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -516,13 +516,13 @@ static void sync_cmos_clock(struct work_struct *work)
schedule_delayed_work(&sync_cmos_work, timespec_to_jiffies(&next));
}
-static void notify_cmos_timer(void)
+void ntp_notify_cmos_timer(void)
{
schedule_delayed_work(&sync_cmos_work, 0);
}
#else
-static inline void notify_cmos_timer(void) { }
+void ntp_notify_cmos_timer(void) { }
#endif
@@ -687,8 +687,6 @@ int __do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc, struct timespec *ts, s32 *time_tai)
if (!(time_status & STA_NANO))
txc->time.tv_usec /= NSEC_PER_USEC;
- notify_cmos_timer();
-
return result;
}
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 48b9fff..947ba25 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1703,6 +1703,8 @@ int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
write_seqcount_end(&timekeeper_seq);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timekeeper_lock, flags);
+ ntp_notify_cmos_timer();
+
return ret;
}