x86/mce: Set up timer unconditionally
authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:21:37 +0000 (11:21 +0900)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 04:34:39 +0000 (05:34 +0100)
mce_timer must be passed to setup_timer() in all cases, no
matter whether it is going to be actually used. Otherwise, when
the CPU gets brought down, its call to del_timer_sync() will
never return, as the timer won't have a base associated, and
hence lock_timer_base() will loop infinitely.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
LKML-Reference: <4B1DB831.2030801@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c

index d7ebf25..a96e5cd 100644 (file)
@@ -1388,13 +1388,14 @@ static void __mcheck_cpu_init_timer(void)
        struct timer_list *t = &__get_cpu_var(mce_timer);
        int *n = &__get_cpu_var(mce_next_interval);
 
+       setup_timer(t, mce_start_timer, smp_processor_id());
+
        if (mce_ignore_ce)
                return;
 
        *n = check_interval * HZ;
        if (!*n)
                return;
-       setup_timer(t, mce_start_timer, smp_processor_id());
        t->expires = round_jiffies(jiffies + *n);
        add_timer_on(t, smp_processor_id());
 }