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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/hrtimer.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 0ace301a56f4..90dcc4d95e91 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -1275,8 +1275,17 @@ static void __hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, clockid_t clock_id,
 			   enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 {
 	bool softtimer = !!(mode & HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT);
-	int base = softtimer ? HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES / 2 : 0;
 	struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base;
+	int base;
+
+	/*
+	 * On PREEMPT_RT enabled kernels hrtimers which are not explicitely
+	 * marked for hard interrupt expiry mode are moved into soft
+	 * interrupt context for latency reasons and because the callbacks
+	 * can invoke functions which might sleep on RT, e.g. spin_lock().
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && !(mode & HRTIMER_MODE_HARD))
+		softtimer = true;
 
 	memset(timer, 0, sizeof(struct hrtimer));
 
@@ -1290,6 +1299,7 @@ static void __hrtimer_init(struct hrtimer *timer, clockid_t clock_id,
 	if (clock_id == CLOCK_REALTIME && mode & HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
 		clock_id = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
 
+	base = softtimer ? HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES / 2 : 0;
 	base += hrtimer_clockid_to_base(clock_id);
 	timer->is_soft = softtimer;
 	timer->is_hard = !softtimer;