netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] posix clocks: introduce a syscall for clock tuning.

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Date:	Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:58:32 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] posix clocks: introduce a syscall for clock tuning.

On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 11:29:05AM +0200, Richard Cochran wrote:
> +long compat_sys_clock_adjtime(clockid_t which_clock,
> +		struct compat_timex __user *utp)
> +{
> +	struct timex txc;
> +	mm_segment_t oldfs;
> +	int err, ret;
> +
> +	err = compat_get_timex(&txc, utp);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	oldfs = get_fs();
> +	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
> +	ret = sys_clock_adjtime(which_clock, (struct timex __user *) &txc);
> +	set_fs(oldfs);

I don't know what the purpose of get_fs, set_fs is, but the other
clock_ functions have it that way. The adjtimex call does not have
this at all, so I ask, do we need this here, or not?

Thanks,
Richard
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