Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754588AbYLDH6S (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 02:58:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751672AbYLDH6I (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 02:58:08 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:59607 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751508AbYLDH6H (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 02:58:07 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:57:51 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Paul Mackerras Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow times and time system calls to return small negative values Message-ID: <20081204075751.GA32594@elte.hu> References: <18743.25968.602602.875295@drongo.ozlabs.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18743.25968.602602.875295@drongo.ozlabs.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 724 Lines: 20 * Paul Mackerras wrote: > @@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_times(struct compat_tms __user *tbuf) > if (copy_to_user(tbuf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp))) > return -EFAULT; > } > + force_successful_syscall_return(); > return compat_jiffies_to_clock_t(jiffies); just curious: what code does force_successful_syscall_return() actually run in the powerpc case - those bits are missing from this patch. I suspect it sets some sort of flag? Ingo -- 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/