[Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v5 4/7] drivers/md/push_backup: fix mod_timer() usage

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Tue Nov 3 15:47:39 MSK 2026


> mod_timer() takes an absolute jiffies value, but all callers pass a
> relative one, which is always in the past. The timer fires and re-arms
> on every tick while a write is delayed. It has worked so far because
> pb_timer_func() checks pb->deadline_jiffies each time.
> 
> Fixes: 62e07487348e ("dm: Add push backup driver")
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-152912
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Zhadchenko <andrey.zhadchenko at virtuozzo.com>

Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!

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