1 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
index 450c04935b66..2e8de678e767 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -23,24 +23,56 @@
 #include "tick-internal.h"
 
 /**
- * tick_program_event
+ * tick_program_event internal worker function
  */
-int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
+int tick_dev_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires,
+                           int force)
 {
-        struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
         ktime_t now = ktime_get();
+        int i;
 
-        while (1) {
+        for (i = 0;;) {
                 int ret = clockevents_program_event(dev, expires, now);
 
                 if (!ret || !force)
                         return ret;
+
+                /*
+                 * We tried 2 times to program the device with the given
+                 * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we double 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 %lu nsec\n",
+                               dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
+                               dev->min_delta_ns << 1);
+
+                        i = 0;
+                }
+
                 now = ktime_get();
-                expires = ktime_add(now, ktime_set(0, dev->min_delta_ns));
+                expires = ktime_add_ns(now, dev->min_delta_ns);
         }
 }
 
 /**
+ * tick_program_event
+ */
+int tick_program_event(ktime_t expires, int force)
+{
+        struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev;
+
+        return tick_dev_program_event(dev, expires, force);
+}
+
+/**
  * tick_resume_onshot - resume oneshot mode
  */
 void tick_resume_oneshot(void)
@@ -61,7 +93,7 @@ void tick_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *newdev,
 {
         newdev->event_handler = handler;
         clockevents_set_mode(newdev, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT);
-        clockevents_program_event(newdev, next_event, ktime_get());
+        tick_dev_program_event(newdev, next_event, 1);
 }
 
 /**