linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/4] timerfd.2: Add ioctl method description

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2015 23:10:09 +0300
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/4] timerfd.2: Add ioctl method description

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 09:56:20PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Hello Cyrill,
> 
> On 07/15/2014 11:54 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> > ioctl(2)
> > 	The following commands are supported: TFD_IOC_SET_TICKS to adjust
> > 	the number of the timer expirations that have occurred.
> > 	It take a pointer to nonzero 8-byte integer (uint64_t*) containing
> > 	new number of expirations. Once the number is set any waiter on
> > 	the timer is woken up. The only purpose of this command is to restore
> > 	the expirations in a sake of checkpoint/restore procedure.
> > 	It requires the kernel to be built with CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
> > 	support.
> 
> Late... but, patch applied. Thank you.

Sure thing! Ping me if anything else should be added.
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