When a registered clocksource gets marked unstable the watchdog_kthread will de-rate and re-select the clocksource. Ensure it also de-rates when getting called on an unregistered clocksource. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- kernel/time/clocksource.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c +++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c @@ -152,12 +152,19 @@ static void __clocksource_unstable(struc cs->flags &= ~(CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES | CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG); cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE; - if (list_empty(&cs->list)) + /* + * If the clocksource is registered clocksource_watchdog_kthread() will + * re-rate and re-select. + */ + if (list_empty(&cs->list)) { + cs->rating = 0; return; + } if (cs->mark_unstable) cs->mark_unstable(cs); + /* kick clocksource_watchdog_kthread() */ if (finished_booting) schedule_work(&watchdog_work); }