1 files changed, 40 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
index 0a8a213016f0..aada0e52680a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@
 
 #include "tick-internal.h"
 
+/* Limit min_delta to a jiffie */
+#define MIN_DELTA_LIMIT         (NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ)
+
+static int tick_increase_min_delta(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+        /* Nothing to do if we already reached the limit */
+        if (dev->min_delta_ns >= MIN_DELTA_LIMIT)
+                return -ETIME;
+
+        if (dev->min_delta_ns < 5000)
+                dev->min_delta_ns = 5000;
+        else
+                dev->min_delta_ns += dev->min_delta_ns >> 1;
+
+        if (dev->min_delta_ns > MIN_DELTA_LIMIT)
+                dev->min_delta_ns = MIN_DELTA_LIMIT;
+
+        printk(KERN_WARNING "CE: %s increased min_delta_ns to %llu nsec\n",
+               dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
+               (unsigned long long) dev->min_delta_ns);
+        return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * tick_program_event internal worker function
  */
@@ -37,23 +60,28 @@ int tick_dev_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires,
                 if (!ret || !force)
                         return ret;
 
+                dev->retries++;
                 /*
-                 * We tried 2 times to program the device with the given
-                 * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we double it
+                 * We tried 3 times to program the device with the given
+                 * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we increase it
                  * and emit a warning.
                  */
                 if (++i > 2) {
                         /* Increase the min. delta and try again */
-                        if (!dev->min_delta_ns)
-                                dev->min_delta_ns = 5000;
-                        else
-                                dev->min_delta_ns += dev->min_delta_ns >> 1;
-
-                        printk(KERN_WARNING
-                               "CE: %s increasing min_delta_ns to %llu nsec\n",
-                               dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
-                               (unsigned long long) dev->min_delta_ns << 1);
-
+                        if (tick_increase_min_delta(dev)) {
+                                /*
+                                 * Get out of the loop if min_delta_ns
+                                 * hit the limit already. That's
+                                 * better than staying here forever.
+                                 *
+                                 * We clear next_event so we have a
+                                 * chance that the box survives.
+                                 */
+                                printk(KERN_WARNING
+                                       "CE: Reprogramming failure. Giving up\n");
+                                dev->next_event.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+                                return -ETIME;
+                        }
                         i = 0;
                 }