Re: [GIT pull] timers/urgent for v5.16-rc1

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Nov 15 2021 - 11:07:56 EST


On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 04:51:34PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
> index 96b4e7810426..3352759e6916 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
> @@ -1167,8 +1167,6 @@ void clear_posix_cputimers_work(struct task_struct *p)
> * A copied work entry from the old task is not meaningful, clear it.
> * N.B. init_task_work will not do this.
> */
> - memset(&p->posix_cputimers_work.work, 0,
> - sizeof(p->posix_cputimers_work.work));

Also, clearly that comments needs to go..

> init_task_work(&p->posix_cputimers_work.work,
> posix_cpu_timers_work);
> p->posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = false;