Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Prevent NULL pointer dereferencing in the tick broadcast code. Old
  bug, which got unearthed by the hotplug ordering problem"

* 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  tick/broadcast: Prevent NULL pointer dereference

kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c

@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc)
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
+	if (!bc)
+		return;
+
 	/* Set it up only once ! */
 	if (bc->event_handler != tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast) {
 		int was_periodic = clockevent_state_periodic(bc);