Re: [PATCH] hrtimer, add expiry time overflow check in hrtimer_interrupt

John Stultz
2013-04-08T20:38:51Z

On 04/08/2013 01:34 PM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>
> On 04/08/2013 04:19 PM, John Stultz wrote:
>> On 04/08/2013 05:47 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>>> A simple check for an overflow can resolve this problem. Using KTIME_MAX
>>> instead of the overflow value will result in the hrtimer function being run,
>>> and the reprogramming of the timer after that.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
>>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>>> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
>> Prarit: Should this be tagged for -stable?
> John,
>
> Yes, this should go to -stable. cc'd.
Also, added the cc to the commit.

thanks
-john