Re: [patch 10/15] timers: Silently ignore timers with a NULL function

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Nov 21 2022 - 16:47:03 EST


On Mon, Nov 21 2022 at 16:35, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 21:28:49 +0100 (CET)
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> @@ -1532,6 +1573,12 @@ static void expire_timers(struct timer_b
>>
>> fn = timer->function;
>>
>> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fn)) {
>> + /* Should never happen. Emphasis on should! */
>> + base->running_timer = NULL;
>> + return;
>
> Why return and not continue?
>
> Wont this drop the other timers in the queue?

Duh. Yes. Thanks for catching that!