RAS/CEC: Convert the timer callback to a workqueue
cec_timer_fn() is a timer callback which reads ce_arr.array[] and updates its decay values. However, it runs in interrupt context and the mutex protection the CEC uses for that array, is inadequate. Convert the used timer to a workqueue to keep the tasks the CEC performs preemptible and thus low-prio. [ bp: Rewrite commit message. s/timer/decay/gi to make it agnostic as to what facility is used. ] Fixes: 011d8261 ("RAS: Add a Corrected Errors Collector") Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190416213351.28999-2-xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com
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