linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] time: create __getnstimeofday for WARNless calls

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:28:54 -0800
From:	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] time: create __getnstimeofday for WARNless calls

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 01:51:54PM -0500, John Stultz wrote:
> From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Hey Thomas, 
>    Wanted to see if maybe there was still time for this for 3.8?
> thanks
> -john
> 
> The pstore RAM backend can get called during resume, and must be defensive
> against a suspended time source. Expose getnstimeofday logic that returns
> an error instead of a WARN. This can be detected and the timestamp can
> be zeroed out.
> 
> Reported-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> ---
>  fs/pstore/ram.c           |   10 +++++++---

For pstore/ram part:

Acked-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>

Thanks!
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