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Re: [REGRESSION][BISECTED] Long boot time with Xen HVM guests during PV spinlock initialization


  • To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, regressions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Teddy Astie <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:02:24 +0200
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  • Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Olivier Lambert <olivier.lambert@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:02:42 +0000
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Le 09/06/2026 à 17:17, Thomas Gleixner a écrit :
On Tue, Jun 09 2026 at 11:27, Teddy Astie wrote:
Le 08/06/2026 à 17:15, Thomas Gleixner a écrit :
   struct clocksource * __init __weak clocksource_default_clock(void)
   {
+       clocksource_register(&clocksource_jiffies);
        return &clocksource_jiffies;
   }


Hmm, there's a case where clocksource_mutex gets taken twice (both in
__clocksource_register_scale() (through clocksource_register()) and
clocksource_done_booting()).

Bah.

What about making clocksource_jiffies gain ->enable() to setup what ever
needs to be (like calling __clocksource_update_freq_scale()) ?

Doesn't work either.

Updated version below. It's not pretty, but it should cure your
problem. If that's confirmed I think about a less ugly solution.

Thanks,

         tglx
---
--- a/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+++ b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
@@ -60,15 +60,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_jiffies_64);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies); -static int __init init_jiffies_clocksource(void)
-{
-       return __clocksource_register(&clocksource_jiffies);
-}
-
-core_initcall(init_jiffies_clocksource);
+static bool cs_jiffies_registered __initdata;
struct clocksource * __init __weak clocksource_default_clock(void)
  {
+       if (!cs_jiffies_registered) {
+               __clocksource_register(&clocksource_jiffies);
+               cs_jiffies_registered = true;
+       }
        return &clocksource_jiffies;
  }

Yes, that fixes it.

Teddy

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