_timer_base.lock is used only when __mod_timer() is called for the first time AND the timer was compile time initialized. After that the timer migrates to the local CPU. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Renaud Lienhart Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds ††Ò„™