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Subject[PATCH 4.5 008/124] ALSA: timer: Use mod_timer() for rearming the system timer
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4.5-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

commit 4a07083ed613644c96c34a7dd2853dc5d7c70902 upstream.

ALSA system timer backend stops the timer via del_timer() without sync
and leaves del_timer_sync() at the close instead. This is because of
the restriction by the design of ALSA timer: namely, the stop callback
may be called from the timer handler, and calling the sync shall lead
to a hangup. However, this also triggers a kernel BUG() when the
timer is rearmed immediately after stopping without sync:
kernel BUG at kernel/time/timer.c:966!
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
[<ffffffff8239c94e>] snd_timer_s_start+0x13e/0x1a0
[<ffffffff8239e1f4>] snd_timer_interrupt+0x504/0xec0
[<ffffffff8122fca0>] ? debug_check_no_locks_freed+0x290/0x290
[<ffffffff8239ec64>] snd_timer_s_function+0xb4/0x120
[<ffffffff81296b72>] call_timer_fn+0x162/0x520
[<ffffffff81296add>] ? call_timer_fn+0xcd/0x520
[<ffffffff8239ebb0>] ? snd_timer_interrupt+0xec0/0xec0
....

It's the place where add_timer() checks the pending timer. It's clear
that this may happen after the immediate restart without sync in our
cases.

So, the workaround here is just to use mod_timer() instead of
add_timer(). This looks like a band-aid fix, but it's a right move,
as snd_timer_interrupt() takes care of the continuous rearm of timer.

Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
sound/core/timer.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ static int snd_timer_s_start(struct snd_
njiff += timer->sticks - priv->correction;
priv->correction = 0;
}
- priv->last_expires = priv->tlist.expires = njiff;
- add_timer(&priv->tlist);
+ priv->last_expires = njiff;
+ mod_timer(&priv->tlist, njiff);
return 0;
}


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