There is nothing that prevents us from forwarding the base clock if it's one jiffy off. This reason for this arbitrary limit is historical and doesn't seem to stand anymore.
Tested-by: Juri Lelli <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Anna-Maria Behnsen <[email protected]> Cc: Juri Lelli <[email protected]> --- kernel/time/timer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c index 8b3fb52d8c47..77e21e98ec32 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static inline void forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base) * Also while executing timers, base->clk is 1 offset ahead * of jiffies to avoid endless requeuing to current jffies. */ - if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 2) + if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 1) return; /* -- 2.26.2
