Hi Paul,

On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:36:20 -0700 "Paul E. McKenney" [off-list ref] wrote:

To complete the thought, if you aren't already using it, I suggest
applying Nick's patch:

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170822084348.21436-1-npiggin@gmail.com

OK, I applied that - with a little shoehorning due to commit

  71acb768f5b3 ("timers: Fix excessive granularity of new timers after a nohz idle")

from your cru tree.

my qemu test now boots and shuts down fine.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell