On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 19:06:58 -0500
Tejun Heo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, Jeff.
> 
> Can you please verify whether the following patch fixes the issue?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
> index 84190f0..566a282 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/timer.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
> @@ -970,12 +970,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_timer);
>   */
>  void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu)
>  {
> -     struct tvec_base *base = per_cpu_ptr(&tvec_bases, cpu);
> +     struct tvec_base *new_base = per_cpu_ptr(&tvec_bases, cpu);
> +     struct tvec_base *base;
>       unsigned long flags;
>  
>       timer_stats_timer_set_start_info(timer);
>       BUG_ON(timer_pending(timer) || !timer->function);
> -     spin_lock_irqsave(&base->lock, flags);
> +
> +     base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags);
> +     if (base != new_base) {
> +             timer->flags |= TIMER_MIGRATING;
> +             spin_unlock(&base->lock);
> +             base = new_base;
> +             spin_lock(&base->lock);
> +     }
> +
>       timer->flags = (timer->flags & ~TIMER_BASEMASK) | cpu;
>       debug_activate(timer, timer->expires);
>       internal_add_timer(base, timer);

Yes, thanks! That fixes my reproducer and Chris also said he was unable
to reproduce the bug after applying that patch. You can add this if you
like:

   Tested-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
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