Patch "ARM: spear: Do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function" has been added to the 5.10-stable tree

gregkh
2026-04-23T12:35:08Z

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

ARM: spear: Do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function

to the 5.10-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:
arm-spear-do-not-use-timer-namespace-for-timer_shutdown-function.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 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 aha310510@gmail.com Thu Feb 19 18:13:24 2026
From: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:12:57 +0900
Subject: ARM: spear: Do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de, Julia.Lawall@inria.fr, akpm@linux-foundation.org, anna-maria@linutronix.de, arnd@arndb.de, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@roeck-us.net, luiz.dentz@gmail.com, marcel@holtmann.org, maz@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, sboyd@kernel.org, viresh.kumar@linaro.org, zouyipeng@huawei.com, aha310510@gmail.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Message-ID: <20260219171310.118170-3-aha310510@gmail.com>

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

[ Upstream commit 80b55772d41d8afec68dbc4ff0368a9fe5d1f390 ]

A new "shutdown" timer state is being added to the generic timer code. One
of the functions to change the timer into the state is called
"timer_shutdown()". This means that there can not be other functions called
"timer_shutdown()" as the timer code owns the "timer_*" name space.

Rename timer_shutdown() to spear_timer_shutdown() to avoid this conflict.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221106212701.822440504@goodmis.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221105060155.228348078@goodmis.org/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221110064146.810953418@goodmis.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201624.513863211@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void __init spear_clocksource_ini
200, 16, clocksource_mmio_readw_up);
}

-static inline void timer_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt)
+static inline void spear_timer_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt)
{
u16 val = readw(gpt_base + CR(CLKEVT));

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static inline void timer_shutdown(struct

static int spear_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt)
{
- timer_shutdown(evt);
+ spear_timer_shutdown(evt);

return 0;
}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int spear_set_oneshot(struct cloc
u16 val;

/* stop the timer */
- timer_shutdown(evt);
+ spear_timer_shutdown(evt);

val = readw(gpt_base + CR(CLKEVT));
val |= CTRL_ONE_SHOT;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int spear_set_periodic(struct clo
u16 val;

/* stop the timer */
- timer_shutdown(evt);
+ spear_timer_shutdown(evt);

period = clk_get_rate(gpt_clk) / HZ;
period >>= CTRL_PRESCALER16;

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from aha310510@gmail.com are

queue-5.10/timers-update-the-documentation-to-reflect-on-the-new-timer_shutdown-api.patch
queue-5.10/clocksource-drivers-arm_arch_timer-do-not-use-timer-namespace-for-timer_shutdown-function.patch
queue-5.10/timers-split-del_timer-to-prepare-for-shutdown-mode.patch
queue-5.10/arm-spear-do-not-use-timer-namespace-for-timer_shutdown-function.patch
queue-5.10/media-as102-fix-to-not-free-memory-after-the-device-is-registered-in-as102_usb_probe.patch
queue-5.10/timers-add-shutdown-mechanism-to-the-internal-functions.patch
queue-5.10/timers-provide-timer_shutdown.patch
queue-5.10/timers-rename-del_timer-to-timer_delete.patch
queue-5.10/timers-replace-bug_on-s.patch
queue-5.10/bluetooth-hci_qca-fix-the-teardown-problem-for-real.patch
queue-5.10/timers-fix-null-function-pointer-race-in-timer_shutdown_sync.patch
queue-5.10/documentation-replace-del_timer-del_timer_sync.patch
queue-5.10/documentation-remove-bogus-claim-about-del_timer_sync.patch
queue-5.10/timers-silently-ignore-timers-with-a-null-function.patch
queue-5.10/timers-get-rid-of-del_singleshot_timer_sync.patch
queue-5.10/media-hackrf-fix-to-not-free-memory-after-the-device-is-registered-in-hackrf_probe.patch
queue-5.10/clocksource-drivers-sp804-do-not-use-timer-namespace-for-timer_shutdown-function.patch