4 files changed, 45 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
index 0a8a213016f..aada0e52680 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@
 
 #include "tick-internal.h"
 
+/* Limit min_delta to a jiffie */
+#define MIN_DELTA_LIMIT		(NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ)
+
+static int tick_increase_min_delta(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+	/* Nothing to do if we already reached the limit */
+	if (dev->min_delta_ns >= MIN_DELTA_LIMIT)
+		return -ETIME;
+
+	if (dev->min_delta_ns < 5000)
+		dev->min_delta_ns = 5000;
+	else
+		dev->min_delta_ns += dev->min_delta_ns >> 1;
+
+	if (dev->min_delta_ns > MIN_DELTA_LIMIT)
+		dev->min_delta_ns = MIN_DELTA_LIMIT;
+
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "CE: %s increased min_delta_ns to %llu nsec\n",
+	       dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
+	       (unsigned long long) dev->min_delta_ns);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * tick_program_event internal worker function
  */
@@ -37,23 +60,28 @@ int tick_dev_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires,
 		if (!ret || !force)
 			return ret;
 
+		dev->retries++;
 		/*
-		 * We tried 2 times to program the device with the given
-		 * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we double it
+		 * We tried 3 times to program the device with the given
+		 * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we increase 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 %llu nsec\n",
-			       dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
-			       (unsigned long long) dev->min_delta_ns << 1);
-
+			if (tick_increase_min_delta(dev)) {
+				/*
+				 * Get out of the loop if min_delta_ns
+				 * hit the limit already. That's
+				 * better than staying here forever.
+				 *
+				 * We clear next_event so we have a
+				 * chance that the box survives.
+				 */
+				printk(KERN_WARNING
+				       "CE: Reprogramming failure. Giving up\n");
+				dev->next_event.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+				return -ETIME;
+			}
 			i = 0;
 		}
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/timecompare.c b/kernel/time/timecompare.c
index 12f5c55090b..ac38fbb176c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timecompare.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timecompare.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/timecompare.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/math64.h>
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 16736379a9c..39f6177fafa 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -818,7 +818,8 @@ void update_wall_time(void)
 	shift = min(shift, maxshift);
 	while (offset >= timekeeper.cycle_interval) {
 		offset = logarithmic_accumulation(offset, shift);
-		shift--;
+		if(offset < timekeeper.cycle_interval<<shift)
+			shift--;
 	}
 
 	/* correct the clock when NTP error is too big */
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index bdfb8dd1050..1a4a7dd7877 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ print_tickdevice(struct seq_file *m, struct tick_device *td, int cpu)
 	SEQ_printf(m, " event_handler:  ");
 	print_name_offset(m, dev->event_handler);
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
+	SEQ_printf(m, " retries:        %lu\n", dev->retries);
 }
 
 static void timer_list_show_tickdevices(struct seq_file *m)
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ static int timer_list_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	u64 now = ktime_to_ns(ktime_get());
 	int cpu;
 
-	SEQ_printf(m, "Timer List Version: v0.5\n");
+	SEQ_printf(m, "Timer List Version: v0.6\n");
 	SEQ_printf(m, "HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: %d\n", HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES);
 	SEQ_printf(m, "now at %Ld nsecs\n", (unsigned long long)now);