1 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 5c1e84beaf4a..3424dfd11d50 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ static struct tvec_base *lock_timer_base(struct timer_list *timer,
 }
 
 static inline int
-__mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
+__mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires,
+                                                bool pending_only, int pinned)
 {
         struct tvec_base *base, *new_base;
         unsigned long flags;
@@ -668,7 +669,7 @@ out_unlock:
  */
 int mod_timer_pending(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
 {
-        return __mod_timer(timer, expires, true);
+        return __mod_timer(timer, expires, true, TIMER_NOT_PINNED);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mod_timer_pending);
 
@@ -702,11 +703,33 @@ int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
         if (timer->expires == expires && timer_pending(timer))
                 return 1;
 
-        return __mod_timer(timer, expires, false);
+        return __mod_timer(timer, expires, false, TIMER_NOT_PINNED);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mod_timer);
 
 /**
+ * mod_timer_pinned - modify a timer's timeout
+ * @timer: the timer to be modified
+ * @expires: new timeout in jiffies
+ *
+ * mod_timer_pinned() is a way to update the expire field of an
+ * active timer (if the timer is inactive it will be activated)
+ * and not allow the timer to be migrated to a different CPU.
+ *
+ * mod_timer_pinned(timer, expires) is equivalent to:
+ *
+ *     del_timer(timer); timer->expires = expires; add_timer(timer);
+ */
+int mod_timer_pinned(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
+{
+        if (timer->expires == expires && timer_pending(timer))
+                return 1;
+
+        return __mod_timer(timer, expires, false, TIMER_PINNED);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mod_timer_pinned);
+
+/**
  * add_timer - start a timer
  * @timer: the timer to be added
  *
@@ -1356,7 +1379,7 @@ signed long __sched schedule_timeout(signed long timeout)
         expire = timeout + jiffies;
 
         setup_timer_on_stack(&timer, process_timeout, (unsigned long)current);
-        __mod_timer(&timer, expire, false);
+        __mod_timer(&timer, expire, false, TIMER_NOT_PINNED);
         schedule();
         del_singleshot_timer_sync(&timer);