linux-kernel - [GIT pull] timers fixes for 2.6.31

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0907302158180.2936@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:58:59 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT pull] timers fixes for 2.6.31

Linus,

Please pull the latest timers-fixes-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git timers-fixes-for-linus

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
Magnus Damm (1):
      clocksource: save mult_orig in clocksource_disable()


 include/linux/clocksource.h |   12 +++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index c56457c..aff9f01 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -293,7 +293,11 @@ static inline int clocksource_enable(struct clocksource *cs)
 	if (cs->enable)
 		ret = cs->enable(cs);
 
-	/* save mult_orig on enable */
+	/* The frequency may have changed while the clocksource
+	 * was disabled. If so the code in ->enable() must update
+	 * the mult value to reflect the new frequency. Make sure
+	 * mult_orig follows this change.
+	 */
 	cs->mult_orig = cs->mult;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -309,6 +313,12 @@ static inline int clocksource_enable(struct clocksource *cs)
  */
 static inline void clocksource_disable(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
+	/* Save mult_orig in mult so clocksource_enable() can
+	 * restore the value regardless if ->enable() updates
+	 * the value of mult or not.
+	 */
+	cs->mult = cs->mult_orig;
+
 	if (cs->disable)
 		cs->disable(cs);
 }
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