Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 into lvs-next-2.6

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
index 450c04935b6..2e35501e61d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -23,24 +23,58 @@
 #include "tick-internal.h"
 
 /**
- * tick_program_event
+ * tick_program_event internal worker function
  */
-int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
+int tick_dev_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires,
+			   int force)
 {
-	struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
 	ktime_t now = ktime_get();
+	int i;
 
-	while (1) {
+	for (i = 0;;) {
 		int ret = clockevents_program_event(dev, expires, now);
 
 		if (!ret || !force)
 			return ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * We tried 2 times to program the device with the given
+		 * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we double it
+		 * and emit a warning.
+		 */
+		if (++i > 2) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "CE: __tick_program_event of %s is "
+			       "stuck %llx %llx\n", dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
+			       now.tv64, expires.tv64);
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			       "CE: increasing min_delta_ns %ld to %ld nsec\n",
+			       dev->min_delta_ns, dev->min_delta_ns << 1);
+			WARN_ON(1);
+
+			/* Double the min. delta and try again */
+			if (!dev->min_delta_ns)
+				dev->min_delta_ns = 5000;
+			else
+				dev->min_delta_ns <<= 1;
+			i = 0;
+		}
+
 		now = ktime_get();
-		expires = ktime_add(now, ktime_set(0, dev->min_delta_ns));
+		expires = ktime_add_ns(now, dev->min_delta_ns);
 	}
 }
 
 /**
+ * tick_program_event
+ */
+int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
+{
+	struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
+
+	return tick_dev_program_event(dev, expires, force);
+}
+
+/**
  * tick_resume_onshot - resume oneshot mode
  */
 void tick_resume_oneshot(void)
@@ -61,7 +95,7 @@ void tick_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *newdev,
 {
 	newdev->event_handler = handler;
 	clockevents_set_mode(newdev, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT);
-	clockevents_program_event(newdev, next_event, ktime_get());
+	tick_dev_program_event(newdev, next_event, 1);
 }
 
 /**