Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Prevent NULL pointer dereferencing in the tick broadcast code. Old
  bug, which got unearthed by the hotplug ordering problem"

* 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  tick/broadcast: Prevent NULL pointer dereference

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index f6aae7977824..d2a20e83ebae 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc)
 {
         int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
+        if (!bc)
+                return;
+
         /* Set it up only once ! */
         if (bc->event_handler != tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast) {
                 int was_periodic = clockevent_state_periodic(bc);