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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
To: Liang Hao <haohlliang@gmail.com>, Anna-Maria Behnsen
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Liang Hao <haohlliang@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] timers: Check timer_pending() before reading bucket index
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On Fri, Aug 28 2026 at 22:53, Liang Hao wrote:

> Only read the cached wheel index when the timer is still queued.
> No functional change.

Which problem is actually solved by this?