Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2026-04-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "Fix timer stalls caused by incorrect handling of the
  dev->next_event_forced flag"

* tag 'timers-urgent-2026-04-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  clockevents: Add missing resets of the next_event_forced flag

Author: torvalds

kernel/time/clockevents.c

@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ static int __clockevents_switch_state(struct clock_event_device *dev,
 	if (dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DUMMY)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* On state transitions clear the forced flag unconditionally */
+	dev->next_event_forced = 0;
+
 	/* Transition with new state-specific callbacks */
 	switch (state) {
 	case CLOCK_EVT_STATE_DETACHED:
@@ -366,8 +369,10 @@ int clockevents_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires, b
 	if (delta > (int64_t)dev->min_delta_ns) {
 		delta = min(delta, (int64_t) dev->max_delta_ns);
 		cycles = ((u64)delta * dev->mult) >> dev->shift;
-		if (!dev->set_next_event((unsigned long) cycles, dev))
+		if (!dev->set_next_event((unsigned long) cycles, dev)) {
+			dev->next_event_forced = 0;
 			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (dev->next_event_forced)

kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static struct clock_event_device *tick_get_oneshot_wakeup_device(int cpu)
 
 static void tick_oneshot_wakeup_handler(struct clock_event_device *wd)
 {
+	wd->next_event_forced = 0;
 	/*
 	 * If we woke up early and the tick was reprogrammed in the
 	 * meantime then this may be spurious but harmless.