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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/clockevents.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c index 78c7bd64d0dd..4af27994db93 100644 --- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c +++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c @@ -337,13 +337,21 @@ int clockevents_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires, } /* - * Called after a notify add to make devices available which were - * released from the notifier call. + * Called after a clockevent has been added which might + * have replaced a current regular or broadcast device. A + * released normal device might be a suitable replacement + * for the current broadcast device. Similarly a released + * broadcast device might be a suitable replacement for a + * normal device. */ static void clockevents_notify_released(void) { struct clock_event_device *dev; + /* + * Keep iterating as long as tick_check_new_device() + * replaces a device. + */ while (!list_empty(&clockevents_released)) { dev = list_entry(clockevents_released.next, struct clock_event_device, list); |