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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/clocksource.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index e85c23404d34..13700833c181 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -343,7 +343,19 @@ static void clocksource_resume_watchdog(void)
{
unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
+ /*
+ * We use trylock here to avoid a potential dead lock when
+ * kgdb calls this code after the kernel has been stopped with
+ * watchdog_lock held. When watchdog_lock is held we just
+ * return and accept, that the watchdog might trigger and mark
+ * the monitored clock source (usually TSC) unstable.
+ *
+ * This does not affect the other caller clocksource_resume()
+ * because at this point the kernel is UP, interrupts are
+ * disabled and nothing can hold watchdog_lock.
+ */
+ if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags))
+ return;
clocksource_reset_watchdog();
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
}
@@ -458,8 +470,8 @@ void clocksource_resume(void)
* clocksource_touch_watchdog - Update watchdog
*
* Update the watchdog after exception contexts such as kgdb so as not
- * to incorrectly trip the watchdog.
- *
+ * to incorrectly trip the watchdog. This might fail when the kernel
+ * was stopped in code which holds watchdog_lock.
*/
void clocksource_touch_watchdog(void)
{
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