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x86, mce: percpu mcheck_timer should be pinned

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If CONFIG_NO_HZ + CONFIG_SMP, timer added via add_timer() might
be migrated on other cpu.  Use add_timer_on() instead.

Avoids the following failure:

Maciej Rutecki wrote:
> > After normal boot I try:
> >
> > echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheck0/check_interval
> >
> > I found this in dmesg:
> >
> > [  141.704025] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [  141.704039] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:1102
> > mcheck_timer+0xf5/0x100()

Reported-by: Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
Tested-by: Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Hidetoshi Seto 2009-06-24 09:21:10 +09:00 committed by H. Peter Anvin
parent 5211a242d0
commit 5be6066a7f
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
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@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ static void mcheck_timer(unsigned long data)
*n = min(*n*2, (int)round_jiffies_relative(check_interval*HZ));
t->expires = jiffies + *n;
add_timer(t);
add_timer_on(t, smp_processor_id());
}
static void mce_do_trigger(struct work_struct *work)
@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ static void mce_init_timer(void)
return;
setup_timer(t, mcheck_timer, smp_processor_id());
t->expires = round_jiffies(jiffies + *n);
add_timer(t);
add_timer_on(t, smp_processor_id());
}
/*