Re: [PATCH] FS: timerfd: Fix unexpected return value of timerfd_read function.

[Thomas Gleixner]

Arul,

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On Tue, 20 Aug 2019, Arul Jeniston wrote:

> Agreed. Please find the dmesg output below. We see the problem on
> [1456773.366951].
> Let us know if you find anything suspicious.

The most suspicious thing is:

> [    0.000000] Linux version 4.9.0-8-amd64

       		       	       ^^^^^

IOW, a (dead) kernel, which does not contain the new TSC ADJUST verification
mechanism.

If you send patches against mainline in future, then please always verify
that the problem persists with the mainline kernel.

Can you please boot something more recent - at least 4.19 LTS - on that
machine and let it run for a couple of days to check whether there are 'TSC
ADJUST' related entries in dmesg?

Thanks,

	tglx