Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  clocksource: Prevent potential kgdb dead lock

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index e85c23404d34..13700833c181 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -343,7 +343,19 @@ static void clocksource_resume_watchdog(void)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
 
-        spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
+        /*
+         * We use trylock here to avoid a potential dead lock when
+         * kgdb calls this code after the kernel has been stopped with
+         * watchdog_lock held. When watchdog_lock is held we just
+         * return and accept, that the watchdog might trigger and mark
+         * the monitored clock source (usually TSC) unstable.
+         *
+         * This does not affect the other caller clocksource_resume()
+         * because at this point the kernel is UP, interrupts are
+         * disabled and nothing can hold watchdog_lock.
+         */
+        if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags))
+                return;
         clocksource_reset_watchdog();
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
 }
@@ -458,8 +470,8 @@ void clocksource_resume(void)
  * clocksource_touch_watchdog - Update watchdog
  *
  * Update the watchdog after exception contexts such as kgdb so as not
- * to incorrectly trip the watchdog.
- *
+ * to incorrectly trip the watchdog. This might fail when the kernel
+ * was stopped in code which holds watchdog_lock.
  */
 void clocksource_touch_watchdog(void)
 {