> OK, so that's a spin_unlock(&timer->lock) in the timer code itself. Your
> patch will fix that up.
>
> We just need to be sure that the del_timer_sync() is not called while holding
> any locks which would prevent the timer handler from completing.
Quick audit says we should be ok. I can do a few simple tests on this.
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