2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>
commit c1be84309c58b1e7c6d626e28fba41a22b364c3d upstream.
When a better rated broadcast device is installed, then the current
active device is not disabled, which results in two running broadcast
devices.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int tick_check_broadcast_device(struct c
(dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP))
return 0;
- clockevents_exchange_device(NULL, dev);
+ clockevents_exchange_device(tick_broadcast_device.evtdev, dev);
tick_broadcast_device.evtdev = dev;
if (!cpumask_empty(tick_get_broadcast_mask()))
tick_broadcast_start_periodic(dev);