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<title>timekeeping: Fix aux clocks sysfs initialization loop bound</title>
<updated>2025-11-02T13:18:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Haofeng Li</name>
<email>lihaofeng@kylinos.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-15T06:17:53+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 39a9ed0fb6dac58547afdf9b6cb032d326a3698f ]

The loop in tk_aux_sysfs_init() uses `i &lt;= MAX_AUX_CLOCKS` as the
termination condition, which results in 9 iterations (i=0 to 8) when
MAX_AUX_CLOCKS is defined as 8. However, the kernel is designed to support
only up to 8 auxiliary clocks.

This off-by-one error causes the creation of a 9th sysfs entry that exceeds
the intended auxiliary clock range.

Fix the loop bound to use `i &lt; MAX_AUX_CLOCKS` to ensure exactly 8
auxiliary clock entries are created, matching the design specification.

Fixes: 7b95663a3d96 ("timekeeping: Provide interface to control auxiliary clocks")
Signed-off-by: Haofeng Li &lt;lihaofeng@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/tencent_2376993D9FC06A3616A4F981B3DE1C599607@qq.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 39a9ed0fb6dac58547afdf9b6cb032d326a3698f ]

The loop in tk_aux_sysfs_init() uses `i &lt;= MAX_AUX_CLOCKS` as the
termination condition, which results in 9 iterations (i=0 to 8) when
MAX_AUX_CLOCKS is defined as 8. However, the kernel is designed to support
only up to 8 auxiliary clocks.

This off-by-one error causes the creation of a 9th sysfs entry that exceeds
the intended auxiliary clock range.

Fix the loop bound to use `i &lt; MAX_AUX_CLOCKS` to ensure exactly 8
auxiliary clock entries are created, matching the design specification.

Fixes: 7b95663a3d96 ("timekeeping: Provide interface to control auxiliary clocks")
Signed-off-by: Haofeng Li &lt;lihaofeng@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/tencent_2376993D9FC06A3616A4F981B3DE1C599607@qq.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tick: Do not set device to detached state in tick_shutdown()</title>
<updated>2025-10-15T10:03:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bibo Mao</name>
<email>maobibo@loongson.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-06T06:49:51+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit fe2a449a45b13df1562419e0104b4777b6ea5248 ]

tick_shutdown() sets the state of the clockevent device to detached
first and the invokes clockevents_exchange_device(), which in turn
invokes clockevents_switch_state().

But clockevents_switch_state() returns without invoking the device shutdown
callback as the device is already in detached state. As a consequence the
timer device is not shutdown when a CPU goes offline.

tick_shutdown() does this because it was originally invoked on a online CPU
and not on the outgoing CPU. It therefore could not access the clockevent
device of the already offlined CPU and just set the state.

Since commit 3b1596a21fbf tick_shutdown() is called on the outgoing CPU, so
the hardware device can be accessed.

Remove the state set before calling clockevents_exchange_device(), so that
the subsequent clockevents_switch_state() handles the state transition and
invokes the shutdown callback of the clockevent device.

[ tglx: Massaged change log ]

Fixes: 3b1596a21fbf ("clockevents: Shutdown and unregister current clockevents at CPUHP_AP_TICK_DYING")
Signed-off-by: Bibo Mao &lt;maobibo@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250906064952.3749122-2-maobibo@loongson.cn
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit fe2a449a45b13df1562419e0104b4777b6ea5248 ]

tick_shutdown() sets the state of the clockevent device to detached
first and the invokes clockevents_exchange_device(), which in turn
invokes clockevents_switch_state().

But clockevents_switch_state() returns without invoking the device shutdown
callback as the device is already in detached state. As a consequence the
timer device is not shutdown when a CPU goes offline.

tick_shutdown() does this because it was originally invoked on a online CPU
and not on the outgoing CPU. It therefore could not access the clockevent
device of the already offlined CPU and just set the state.

Since commit 3b1596a21fbf tick_shutdown() is called on the outgoing CPU, so
the hardware device can be accessed.

Remove the state set before calling clockevents_exchange_device(), so that
the subsequent clockevents_switch_state() handles the state transition and
invokes the shutdown callback of the clockevent device.

[ tglx: Massaged change log ]

Fixes: 3b1596a21fbf ("clockevents: Shutdown and unregister current clockevents at CPUHP_AP_TICK_DYING")
Signed-off-by: Bibo Mao &lt;maobibo@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250906064952.3749122-2-maobibo@loongson.cn
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>hrtimers: Unconditionally update target CPU base after offline timer migration</title>
<updated>2025-09-09T12:05:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xiongfeng Wang</name>
<email>wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-05T08:10:25+00:00</published>
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When testing softirq based hrtimers on an ARM32 board, with high resolution
mode and NOHZ inactive, softirq based hrtimers fail to expire after being
moved away from an offline CPU:

CPU0				CPU1
				hrtimer_start(..., HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT);
cpu_down(CPU1)			...
				hrtimers_cpu_dying()
				  // Migrate timers to CPU0
				  smp_call_function_single(CPU0, returgger_next_event);
  retrigger_next_event()
    if (!highres &amp;&amp; !nohz)
        return;

As retrigger_next_event() is a NOOP when both high resolution timers and
NOHZ are inactive CPU0's hrtimer_cpu_base::softirq_expires_next is not
updated and the migrated softirq timers never expire unless there is a
softirq based hrtimer queued on CPU0 later.

Fix this by removing the hrtimer_hres_active() and tick_nohz_active() check
in retrigger_next_event(), which enforces a full update of the CPU base.
As this is not a fast path the extra cost does not matter.

[ tglx: Massaged change log ]

Fixes: 5c0930ccaad5 ("hrtimers: Push pending hrtimers away from outgoing CPU earlier")
Co-developed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang &lt;wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250805081025.54235-1-wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com
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When testing softirq based hrtimers on an ARM32 board, with high resolution
mode and NOHZ inactive, softirq based hrtimers fail to expire after being
moved away from an offline CPU:

CPU0				CPU1
				hrtimer_start(..., HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT);
cpu_down(CPU1)			...
				hrtimers_cpu_dying()
				  // Migrate timers to CPU0
				  smp_call_function_single(CPU0, returgger_next_event);
  retrigger_next_event()
    if (!highres &amp;&amp; !nohz)
        return;

As retrigger_next_event() is a NOOP when both high resolution timers and
NOHZ are inactive CPU0's hrtimer_cpu_base::softirq_expires_next is not
updated and the migrated softirq timers never expire unless there is a
softirq based hrtimer queued on CPU0 later.

Fix this by removing the hrtimer_hres_active() and tick_nohz_active() check
in retrigger_next_event(), which enforces a full update of the CPU base.
As this is not a fast path the extra cost does not matter.

[ tglx: Massaged change log ]

Fixes: 5c0930ccaad5 ("hrtimers: Push pending hrtimers away from outgoing CPU earlier")
Co-developed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang &lt;wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250805081025.54235-1-wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>vdso/vsyscall: Avoid slow division loop in auxiliary clock update</title>
<updated>2025-09-03T09:55:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Weißschuh</name>
<email>thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-25T13:26:35+00:00</published>
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The call to __iter_div_u64_rem() in vdso_time_update_aux() is a wrapper
around subtraction. It cannot be used to divide large numbers, as that
introduces long, computationally expensive delays.  A regular u64 division
is also not possible in the timekeeper update path as it can be too slow.

Instead of splitting the ktime_t offset into into second and subsecond
components during the timekeeper update fast-path, do it together with the
adjustment of tk-&gt;offs_aux in the slow-path. Equivalent to the handling of
offs_boot and monotonic_to_boot.

Reuse the storage of monotonic_to_boot for the new field, as it is not used
by auxiliary timekeepers.

Fixes: 380b84e168e5 ("vdso/vsyscall: Update auxiliary clock data in the datapage")
Reported-by: Miroslav Lichvar &lt;mlichvar@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250825-vdso-auxclock-division-v1-1-a1d32a16a313@linutronix.de
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aKwsNNWsHJg8IKzj@localhost/
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The call to __iter_div_u64_rem() in vdso_time_update_aux() is a wrapper
around subtraction. It cannot be used to divide large numbers, as that
introduces long, computationally expensive delays.  A regular u64 division
is also not possible in the timekeeper update path as it can be too slow.

Instead of splitting the ktime_t offset into into second and subsecond
components during the timekeeper update fast-path, do it together with the
adjustment of tk-&gt;offs_aux in the slow-path. Equivalent to the handling of
offs_boot and monotonic_to_boot.

Reuse the storage of monotonic_to_boot for the new field, as it is not used
by auxiliary timekeepers.

Fixes: 380b84e168e5 ("vdso/vsyscall: Update auxiliary clock data in the datapage")
Reported-by: Miroslav Lichvar &lt;mlichvar@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250825-vdso-auxclock-division-v1-1-a1d32a16a313@linutronix.de
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aKwsNNWsHJg8IKzj@localhost/
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'bitmap-for-6.17' of https://github.com/norov/linux</title>
<updated>2025-07-31T23:52:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-31T23:52:32+00:00</published>
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Pull bitmap updates from Yury Norov:

 - find_random_bit() series (Yury)

 - GENMASK() consolidation (Vincent)

 - random cleanups (Shaopeng, Ben, Yury)

* tag 'bitmap-for-6.17' of https://github.com/norov/linux:
  bitfield: Ensure the return values of helper functions are checked
  test_bits: add tests for __GENMASK() and __GENMASK_ULL()
  bits: unify the non-asm GENMASK*()
  bits: split the definition of the asm and non-asm GENMASK*()
  cpumask: Remove unnecessary cpumask_nth_andnot()
  watchdog: fix opencoded cpumask_next_wrap() in watchdog_next_cpu()
  clocksource: Improve randomness in clocksource_verify_choose_cpus()
  cpumask: introduce cpumask_random()
  bitmap: generalize node_random()
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Pull bitmap updates from Yury Norov:

 - find_random_bit() series (Yury)

 - GENMASK() consolidation (Vincent)

 - random cleanups (Shaopeng, Ben, Yury)

* tag 'bitmap-for-6.17' of https://github.com/norov/linux:
  bitfield: Ensure the return values of helper functions are checked
  test_bits: add tests for __GENMASK() and __GENMASK_ULL()
  bits: unify the non-asm GENMASK*()
  bits: split the definition of the asm and non-asm GENMASK*()
  cpumask: Remove unnecessary cpumask_nth_andnot()
  watchdog: fix opencoded cpumask_next_wrap() in watchdog_next_cpu()
  clocksource: Improve randomness in clocksource_verify_choose_cpus()
  cpumask: introduce cpumask_random()
  bitmap: generalize node_random()
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<entry>
<title>clocksource: Improve randomness in clocksource_verify_choose_cpus()</title>
<updated>2025-07-31T15:27:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yury Norov [NVIDIA]</name>
<email>yury.norov@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-19T18:26:25+00:00</published>
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The current algorithm of picking a random CPU works OK for dense online
cpumask, but if cpumask is non-dense, the distribution of picked CPUs
is skewed.

For example, on 8-CPU board with CPUs 4-7 offlined, the probability of
selecting CPU 0 is 5/8. Accordingly, cpus 1, 2 and 3 are chosen with
probability 1/8 each. The proper algorithm should pick each online CPU
with probability 1/4.

Switch it to cpumask_random(), which has better statistical
characteristics.

CC: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Yury Norov [NVIDIA]" &lt;yury.norov@gmail.com&gt;
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The current algorithm of picking a random CPU works OK for dense online
cpumask, but if cpumask is non-dense, the distribution of picked CPUs
is skewed.

For example, on 8-CPU board with CPUs 4-7 offlined, the probability of
selecting CPU 0 is 5/8. Accordingly, cpus 1, 2 and 3 are chosen with
probability 1/8 each. The proper algorithm should pick each online CPU
with probability 1/4.

Switch it to cpumask_random(), which has better statistical
characteristics.

CC: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Yury Norov [NVIDIA]" &lt;yury.norov@gmail.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'timers-ptp-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-07-29T21:12:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-29T21:12:52+00:00</published>
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Pull timekeeping and VDSO updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Introduce support for auxiliary timekeepers

   PTP clocks can be disconnected from the universal CLOCK_TAI reality
   for various reasons including regularatory requirements for
   functional safety redundancy.

   The kernel so far only supports a single notion of time, which means
   that all clocks are correlated in frequency and only differ by offset
   to each other.

   Access to non-correlated PTP clocks has been available so far only
   through the file descriptor based "POSIX clock IDs", which are
   subject to locking and have to go all the way out to the hardware.

   The access is not only horribly slow, as it has to go all the way out
   to the NIC/PTP hardware, but that also prevents the kernel to read
   the time of such clocks e.g. from the network stack, where it is
   required for TSN networking both on the transmit and receive side
   unless the hardware provides offloading.

   The auxiliary clocks provide a mechanism to support arbitrary clocks
   which are not correlated to the system clock. This is not restricted
   to the PTP use case on purpose as there is no kernel side association
   of these clocks to a particular PTP device because that's a pure user
   space configuration decision. Having them independent allows to
   utilize them for other purposes and also enables them to be tested
   without hardware dependencies.

   To avoid pointless overhead these clocks have to be enabled
   individualy via a new sysfs interface to reduce the overhead to a
   single compare in the hotpath if they are enabled at the Kconfig
   level at all.

   These clocks utilize the existing timekeeping/NTP infrastructures,
   which has been made possible over the recent releases by incrementaly
   converting these infrastructures over from a single static instance
   to a multi-instance pointer based implementation without any
   performance regression reported.

   The auxiliary clocks provide the same "emulation" of a "correct"
   clock as the existing CLOCK_* variants do with an independent
   instance of data and provide the same steering mechanism through the
   existing sys_clock_adjtime() interface, which has been confirmed to
   work by the chronyd(8) maintainer.

   That allows to provide lockless kernel internal and VDSO support so
   that applications and kernel internal functionalities can access
   these clocks without restrictions and at the same performance as the
   existing system clocks.

 - Avoid double notifications in the adjtimex() syscall. Not a big
   issue, but a trivial to avoid latency source.

* tag 'timers-ptp-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (39 commits)
  vdso/gettimeofday: Add support for auxiliary clocks
  vdso/vsyscall: Update auxiliary clock data in the datapage
  vdso: Introduce aux_clock_resolution_ns()
  vdso/gettimeofday: Introduce vdso_get_timestamp()
  vdso/gettimeofday: Introduce vdso_set_timespec()
  vdso/gettimeofday: Introduce vdso_clockid_valid()
  vdso/gettimeofday: Return bool from clock_gettime() helpers
  vdso/gettimeofday: Return bool from clock_getres() helpers
  vdso/helpers: Add helpers for seqlocks of single vdso_clock
  vdso/vsyscall: Split up __arch_update_vsyscall() into __arch_update_vdso_clock()
  vdso/vsyscall: Introduce a helper to fill clock configurations
  timekeeping: Remove the temporary CLOCK_AUX workaround
  timekeeping: Provide ktime_get_clock_ts64()
  timekeeping: Provide interface to control auxiliary clocks
  timekeeping: Provide update for auxiliary timekeepers
  timekeeping: Provide adjtimex() for auxiliary clocks
  timekeeping: Prepare do_adtimex() for auxiliary clocks
  timekeeping: Make do_adjtimex() reusable
  timekeeping: Add auxiliary clock support to __timekeeping_inject_offset()
  timekeeping: Make timekeeping_inject_offset() reusable
  ...
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Pull timekeeping and VDSO updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Introduce support for auxiliary timekeepers

   PTP clocks can be disconnected from the universal CLOCK_TAI reality
   for various reasons including regularatory requirements for
   functional safety redundancy.

   The kernel so far only supports a single notion of time, which means
   that all clocks are correlated in frequency and only differ by offset
   to each other.

   Access to non-correlated PTP clocks has been available so far only
   through the file descriptor based "POSIX clock IDs", which are
   subject to locking and have to go all the way out to the hardware.

   The access is not only horribly slow, as it has to go all the way out
   to the NIC/PTP hardware, but that also prevents the kernel to read
   the time of such clocks e.g. from the network stack, where it is
   required for TSN networking both on the transmit and receive side
   unless the hardware provides offloading.

   The auxiliary clocks provide a mechanism to support arbitrary clocks
   which are not correlated to the system clock. This is not restricted
   to the PTP use case on purpose as there is no kernel side association
   of these clocks to a particular PTP device because that's a pure user
   space configuration decision. Having them independent allows to
   utilize them for other purposes and also enables them to be tested
   without hardware dependencies.

   To avoid pointless overhead these clocks have to be enabled
   individualy via a new sysfs interface to reduce the overhead to a
   single compare in the hotpath if they are enabled at the Kconfig
   level at all.

   These clocks utilize the existing timekeeping/NTP infrastructures,
   which has been made possible over the recent releases by incrementaly
   converting these infrastructures over from a single static instance
   to a multi-instance pointer based implementation without any
   performance regression reported.

   The auxiliary clocks provide the same "emulation" of a "correct"
   clock as the existing CLOCK_* variants do with an independent
   instance of data and provide the same steering mechanism through the
   existing sys_clock_adjtime() interface, which has been confirmed to
   work by the chronyd(8) maintainer.

   That allows to provide lockless kernel internal and VDSO support so
   that applications and kernel internal functionalities can access
   these clocks without restrictions and at the same performance as the
   existing system clocks.

 - Avoid double notifications in the adjtimex() syscall. Not a big
   issue, but a trivial to avoid latency source.

* tag 'timers-ptp-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (39 commits)
  vdso/gettimeofday: Add support for auxiliary clocks
  vdso/vsyscall: Update auxiliary clock data in the datapage
  vdso: Introduce aux_clock_resolution_ns()
  vdso/gettimeofday: Introduce vdso_get_timestamp()
  vdso/gettimeofday: Introduce vdso_set_timespec()
  vdso/gettimeofday: Introduce vdso_clockid_valid()
  vdso/gettimeofday: Return bool from clock_gettime() helpers
  vdso/gettimeofday: Return bool from clock_getres() helpers
  vdso/helpers: Add helpers for seqlocks of single vdso_clock
  vdso/vsyscall: Split up __arch_update_vsyscall() into __arch_update_vdso_clock()
  vdso/vsyscall: Introduce a helper to fill clock configurations
  timekeeping: Remove the temporary CLOCK_AUX workaround
  timekeeping: Provide ktime_get_clock_ts64()
  timekeeping: Provide interface to control auxiliary clocks
  timekeeping: Provide update for auxiliary timekeepers
  timekeeping: Provide adjtimex() for auxiliary clocks
  timekeeping: Prepare do_adtimex() for auxiliary clocks
  timekeeping: Make do_adjtimex() reusable
  timekeeping: Add auxiliary clock support to __timekeeping_inject_offset()
  timekeeping: Make timekeeping_inject_offset() reusable
  ...
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<title>Merge tag 'timers-core-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-07-29T21:08:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-29T21:08:21+00:00</published>
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Pull timer core updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Simplify the logic in the timer migration code

 - Simplify the clocksource code by utilizing the more modern
   cpumask+*() interfaces

* tag 'timers-core-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  clocksource: Use cpumask_next_wrap() in clocksource_watchdog()
  clocksource: Use cpumask_any_but() in clocksource_verify_choose_cpus()
  timers/migration: Clean up the loop in tmigr_quick_check()
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Pull timer core updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Simplify the logic in the timer migration code

 - Simplify the clocksource code by utilizing the more modern
   cpumask+*() interfaces

* tag 'timers-core-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  clocksource: Use cpumask_next_wrap() in clocksource_watchdog()
  clocksource: Use cpumask_any_but() in clocksource_verify_choose_cpus()
  timers/migration: Clean up the loop in tmigr_quick_check()
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'timers-cleanups-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-07-29T21:02:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-29T21:02:53+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=99e731bcb8e6dd197aa4ab587887a3f670d12b72'/>
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Pull timer cleanups from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A treewide cleanup of struct cycle_counter const annotations.

  The initial idea of making them const was correct as they were
  seperate instances. When they got embedded into larger data
  structures, which are even modified by the callback this got moot. The
  only reason why this went unnoticed is that the required
  container_of() casts the const attribute forcefully away.

  Stop pretending that it is const"

* tag 'timers-cleanups-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  time/timecounter: Fix the lie that struct cyclecounter is const
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Pull timer cleanups from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A treewide cleanup of struct cycle_counter const annotations.

  The initial idea of making them const was correct as they were
  seperate instances. When they got embedded into larger data
  structures, which are even modified by the callback this got moot. The
  only reason why this went unnoticed is that the required
  container_of() casts the const attribute forcefully away.

  Stop pretending that it is const"

* tag 'timers-cleanups-2025-07-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  time/timecounter: Fix the lie that struct cyclecounter is const
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<entry>
<title>timekeeping: Zero initialize system_counterval when querying time from phc drivers</title>
<updated>2025-07-22T12:25:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Markus Blöchl</name>
<email>markus@blochl.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-20T13:54:51+00:00</published>
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Most drivers only populate the fields cycles and cs_id of system_counterval
in their get_time_fn() callback for get_device_system_crosststamp(), unless
they explicitly provide nanosecond values.

When the use_nsecs field was added to struct system_counterval, most
drivers did not care.  Clock sources other than CSID_GENERIC could then get
converted in convert_base_to_cs() based on an uninitialized use_nsecs field,
which usually results in -EINVAL during the following range check.

Pass in a fully zero initialized system_counterval_t to cure that.

Fixes: 6b2e29977518 ("timekeeping: Provide infrastructure for converting to/from a base clock")
Signed-off-by: Markus Blöchl &lt;markus@blochl.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250720-timekeeping_uninit_crossts-v2-1-f513c885b7c2@blochl.de

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Most drivers only populate the fields cycles and cs_id of system_counterval
in their get_time_fn() callback for get_device_system_crosststamp(), unless
they explicitly provide nanosecond values.

When the use_nsecs field was added to struct system_counterval, most
drivers did not care.  Clock sources other than CSID_GENERIC could then get
converted in convert_base_to_cs() based on an uninitialized use_nsecs field,
which usually results in -EINVAL during the following range check.

Pass in a fully zero initialized system_counterval_t to cure that.

Fixes: 6b2e29977518 ("timekeeping: Provide infrastructure for converting to/from a base clock")
Signed-off-by: Markus Blöchl &lt;markus@blochl.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250720-timekeeping_uninit_crossts-v2-1-f513c885b7c2@blochl.de

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