On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Kyle Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Clocksources don't get the VALID_FOR_HRES flag until they have been > checked by a watchdog. However, when using an override, the > clocksource_select logic will clear the override value if the > clocksource is not marked VALID_FOR_HRES during that inititial check. > When using the boot arguments clocksource=<foo>, this selection can > run before the watchdog, and can cause the override to be incorrectly > cleared. > > To address this condition, the override_name is only invalidated for > unstable clocksources. Otherwise, the override is left intact until after > the watchdog has validated the clocksource as stable/unstable. > > Signed-off-by: Kyle Walker <[email protected]>
Queued for testing and targeting 4.9 thanks -john
