From: Neil Horman <nhor...@tuxdriver.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 16:04:05 -0400
> This BUG halt was reported a while back, but the patch somehow got > missed: > ... > It appears that the side effect that starts the shutdown timer was processed > multiple times, which can happen as multiple paths can trigger it. This of > course leads to the BUG halt in add_timer getting called. > > Fix seems pretty straightforward, just check before the timer is added if its > already been started. If it has mod the timer instead to min(current > expiration, new expiration) > > Its been tested but not confirmed to fix the problem, as the issue has only > occured in production environments where test kernels are enjoined from being > installed. It appears to be a sane fix to me though. Also, recentely, > Jere found a reproducer posted on list to confirm that this resolves the > issues > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhor...@tuxdriver.com> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
