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Niklas Cassel 8d5755b3f7 watchdog: softdog: fire watchdog even if softirqs do not get to run 
Checking for timer expiration is done from the softirq TIMER_SOFTIRQ.

Since commit 4cd13c21b2 ("softirq: Let ksoftirqd do its job"),
pending softirqs are no longer always handled immediately, instead,
if there are pending softirqs, and ksoftirqd is in state TASK_RUNNING,
the handling of the softirqs are deferred, and are instead supposed
to be handled by ksoftirqd, when ksoftirqd gets scheduled.

If a user space process with a real-time policy starts to misbehave
by never relinquishing the CPU while ksoftirqd is in state TASK_RUNNING,
what will happen is that all softirqs will get deferred, while ksoftirqd,
which is supposed to handle the deferred softirqs, will never get to run.

To make sure that the watchdog is able to fire even when we do not get
to run softirqs, replace the timers with hrtimers.

Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@axis.com>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2017-03-01 06:15:10 -08:00
arch Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm 2017-02-28 11:50:53 -08:00
block lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
certs certs: Add a secondary system keyring that can be added to dynamically 2016-04-11 22:48:09 +01:00
crypto crypto: change LZ4 modules to work with new LZ4 module version 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
Documentation This is a few small fixes to the main IPMI driver, make some 2017-02-28 21:06:30 -08:00
drivers watchdog: softdog: fire watchdog even if softirqs do not get to run 2017-03-01 06:15:10 -08:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs The nfsd update this round is mainly a lot of miscellaneous cleanups and 2017-02-28 15:39:09 -08:00
include This is a few small fixes to the main IPMI driver, make some 2017-02-28 21:06:30 -08:00
init Merge branch 'idr-4.11' of git://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax 2017-02-28 20:29:41 -08:00
ipc ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-28 11:44:01 -08:00
lib Merge branch 'idr-4.11' of git://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax 2017-02-28 20:29:41 -08:00
mm Merge branch 'idr-4.11' of git://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax 2017-02-28 20:29:41 -08:00
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samples Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-02-22 10:15:09 -08:00
scripts checkpatch: warn when formats use %Z and suggest %z 2017-02-27 18:43:48 -08:00
security lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
sound lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
tools Merge branch 'idr-4.11' of git://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax 2017-02-28 20:29:41 -08:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt mm: add new mmget() helper 2017-02-27 18:43:48 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitignore Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-08-02 16:48:52 -04:00
.mailmap mailmap: add codeaurora.org names for nameless email commits 2017-01-10 18:31:55 -08:00
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Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS kprobes: move kprobe declarations to asm-generic/kprobes.h 2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00
Makefile Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-02-28 10:15:59 -08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.