Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266512AbUI0PwU (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:52:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266513AbUI0PwU (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:52:20 -0400 Received: from e2.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.102]:3014 "EHLO e2.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266512AbUI0PwO (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:52:14 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.8.1: xtime value may become incorrect From: john stultz To: Vladimir Grouzdev Cc: lkml In-Reply-To: <41583036.9010907@jaluna.com> References: <41583036.9010907@jaluna.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1096300338.4249.16.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:52:18 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 686 Lines: 19 On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 08:22, Vladimir Grouzdev wrote: > The xtime value may become incorrect when the > update_wall_time(ticks) function is called with "ticks" > 1. > In such a case, the xtime variable is updated multiple times > inside the loop but it is normalized only once outside of > the loop. Vladimir, This looks like a good patch to me. If no one else has any complaints, send it on to Andrew. thanks! -john - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/