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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/timer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/timer.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c index a297ffcf888e..837c552fe838 100644 --- a/kernel/timer.c +++ b/kernel/timer.c @@ -861,7 +861,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mod_timer); * * mod_timer_pinned() is a way to update the expire field of an * active timer (if the timer is inactive it will be activated) - * and not allow the timer to be migrated to a different CPU. + * and to ensure that the timer is scheduled on the current CPU. + * + * Note that this does not prevent the timer from being migrated + * when the current CPU goes offline. If this is a problem for + * you, use CPU-hotplug notifiers to handle it correctly, for + * example, cancelling the timer when the corresponding CPU goes + * offline. * * mod_timer_pinned(timer, expires) is equivalent to: * |