When a timer is enqueued with a negative delta (ie: expiry is below
base->clk), it gets added to the wheel as expiring now (base->clk).
Yet the value that gets stored in base->next_expiry, while calling
trigger_dyntick_cpu(), is the initial timer->expires value. The
resulting state becomes:
base->next_expiry < base->clk
On the next timer enqueue, forward_timer_base() may accidentally
rewind base->clk. As a possible outcome, timers may expire way too
early, the worst case being that the highest wheel levels get spuriously
processed again.
To prevent from that, make sure that base->next_expiry doesn't get below
base->clk.
Fixes: a683f390b9 ("timers: Forward the wheel clock whenever possible")
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200703010657.2302-1-frederic@kernel.org
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