Patch "[PATCH 118/135] clocksource: Allow unregistering the watchdog" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    [PATCH 118/135] clocksource: Allow unregistering the watchdog

to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     0118-clocksource-Allow-unregistering-the-watchdog.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From 1ebec6da3542d656442d066834cb48c13bae0426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 20:38:35 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 118/135] clocksource: Allow unregistering the watchdog

[ Upstream commit bbf66d897adf2bb0c310db96c97e8db6369f39e1 ]

Hyper-V vmbus module registers TSC page clocksource when loaded. This is
the clocksource with the highest rating and thus it becomes the watchdog
making unloading of the vmbus module impossible.
Separate clocksource_select_watchdog() from clocksource_enqueue_watchdog()
and use it on clocksource register/rating change/unregister.

After all, lobotomized monkeys may need some love too.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1453483913-25672-1-git-send-email-vkuznets@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@verizon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 kernel/time/clocksource.c |   52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -323,13 +323,42 @@ static void clocksource_enqueue_watchdog
 		/* cs is a watchdog. */
 		if (cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS)
 			cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static void clocksource_select_watchdog(bool fallback)
+{
+	struct clocksource *cs, *old_wd;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
+	/* save current watchdog */
+	old_wd = watchdog;
+	if (fallback)
+		watchdog = NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(cs, &clocksource_list, list) {
+		/* cs is a clocksource to be watched. */
+		if (cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY)
+			continue;
+
+		/* Skip current if we were requested for a fallback. */
+		if (fallback && cs == old_wd)
+			continue;
+
 		/* Pick the best watchdog. */
-		if (!watchdog || cs->rating > watchdog->rating) {
+		if (!watchdog || cs->rating > watchdog->rating)
 			watchdog = cs;
-			/* Reset watchdog cycles */
-			clocksource_reset_watchdog();
-		}
 	}
+	/* If we failed to find a fallback restore the old one. */
+	if (!watchdog)
+		watchdog = old_wd;
+
+	/* If we changed the watchdog we need to reset cycles. */
+	if (watchdog != old_wd)
+		clocksource_reset_watchdog();
+
 	/* Check if the watchdog timer needs to be started. */
 	clocksource_start_watchdog();
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
@@ -404,6 +433,7 @@ static void clocksource_enqueue_watchdog
 		cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES;
 }
 
+static void clocksource_select_watchdog(bool fallback) { }
 static inline void clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs) { }
 static inline void clocksource_resume_watchdog(void) { }
 static inline int __clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void) { return 0; }
@@ -736,6 +766,7 @@ int __clocksource_register_scale(struct
 	clocksource_enqueue(cs);
 	clocksource_enqueue_watchdog(cs);
 	clocksource_select();
+	clocksource_select_watchdog(false);
 	mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -758,6 +789,7 @@ void clocksource_change_rating(struct cl
 	mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
 	__clocksource_change_rating(cs, rating);
 	clocksource_select();
+	clocksource_select_watchdog(false);
 	mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clocksource_change_rating);
@@ -767,12 +799,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(clocksource_change_rating)
  */
 static int clocksource_unbind(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
-	/*
-	 * I really can't convince myself to support this on hardware
-	 * designed by lobotomized monkeys.
-	 */
-	if (clocksource_is_watchdog(cs))
-		return -EBUSY;
+	if (clocksource_is_watchdog(cs)) {
+		/* Select and try to install a replacement watchdog. */
+		clocksource_select_watchdog(true);
+		if (clocksource_is_watchdog(cs))
+			return -EBUSY;
+	}
 
 	if (cs == curr_clocksource) {
 		/* Select and try to install a replacement clock source */


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from vkuznets@redhat.com are

queue-4.4/0038-drivers-hv-cleanup-synic-msrs-if-vmbus-connect-faile.patch
queue-4.4/0097-Drivers-hv-vmbus-avoid-infinite-loop-in-init_vp_inde.patch
queue-4.4/0118-clocksource-Allow-unregistering-the-watchdog.patch
queue-4.4/0099-Drivers-hv-vmbus-don-t-manipulate-with-clocksources-.patch
queue-4.4/0127-x86-hyperv-Avoid-reporting-bogus-NMI-status-for-Gen2.patch
queue-4.4/0098-Drivers-hv-vmbus-avoid-scheduling-in-interrupt-conte.patch