Merge tag 'v4.19-rc6' into devel

This is the 4.19-rc6 release

I needed to merge this in because of extensive conflicts in
the MSM and Intel pin control drivers. I know how to resolve
them, so let's do it like this.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index f74fb00d8064..0e6e97a01942 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -133,19 +133,40 @@ static void inline clocksource_watchdog_unlock(unsigned long *flags)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, *flags);
 }
 
+static int clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void *data);
+static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
+
 /*
  * Interval: 0.5sec Threshold: 0.0625s
  */
 #define WATCHDOG_INTERVAL (HZ >> 1)
 #define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 4)
 
+static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We cannot directly run clocksource_watchdog_kthread() here, because
+	 * clocksource_select() calls timekeeping_notify() which uses
+	 * stop_machine(). One cannot use stop_machine() from a workqueue() due
+	 * lock inversions wrt CPU hotplug.
+	 *
+	 * Also, we only ever run this work once or twice during the lifetime
+	 * of the kernel, so there is no point in creating a more permanent
+	 * kthread for this.
+	 *
+	 * If kthread_run fails the next watchdog scan over the
+	 * watchdog_list will find the unstable clock again.
+	 */
+	kthread_run(clocksource_watchdog_kthread, NULL, "kwatchdog");
+}
+
 static void __clocksource_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
 	cs->flags &= ~(CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES | CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG);
 	cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;
 
 	/*
-	 * If the clocksource is registered clocksource_watchdog_work() will
+	 * If the clocksource is registered clocksource_watchdog_kthread() will
 	 * re-rate and re-select.
 	 */
 	if (list_empty(&cs->list)) {
@@ -156,7 +177,7 @@ static void __clocksource_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
 	if (cs->mark_unstable)
 		cs->mark_unstable(cs);
 
-	/* kick clocksource_watchdog_work() */
+	/* kick clocksource_watchdog_kthread() */
 	if (finished_booting)
 		schedule_work(&watchdog_work);
 }
@@ -166,7 +187,7 @@ static void __clocksource_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
  * @cs:		clocksource to be marked unstable
  *
  * This function is called by the x86 TSC code to mark clocksources as unstable;
- * it defers demotion and re-selection to a work.
+ * it defers demotion and re-selection to a kthread.
  */
 void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
@@ -391,9 +412,7 @@ static void clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
 	}
 }
 
-static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
-
-static int __clocksource_watchdog_work(void)
+static int __clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void)
 {
 	struct clocksource *cs, *tmp;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -418,12 +437,13 @@ static int __clocksource_watchdog_work(void)
 	return select;
 }
 
-static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
+static int clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void *data)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
-	if (__clocksource_watchdog_work())
+	if (__clocksource_watchdog_kthread())
 		clocksource_select();
 	mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static bool clocksource_is_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
@@ -442,7 +462,7 @@ static void clocksource_enqueue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
 static void clocksource_select_watchdog(bool fallback) { }
 static inline void clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs) { }
 static inline void clocksource_resume_watchdog(void) { }
-static inline int __clocksource_watchdog_work(void) { return 0; }
+static inline int __clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void) { return 0; }
 static bool clocksource_is_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs) { return false; }
 void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs) { }
 
@@ -810,7 +830,7 @@ static int __init clocksource_done_booting(void)
 	/*
 	 * Run the watchdog first to eliminate unstable clock sources
 	 */
-	__clocksource_watchdog_work();
+	__clocksource_watchdog_kthread();
 	clocksource_select();
 	mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
 	return 0;