linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] time: Fix adjustment cleanup bug in timekeeping

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Date:	Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:21:39 -0700
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	richardcochran@...il.com, prarit@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] time: Fix adjustment cleanup bug in timekeeping_adjust()

On 08/04/2012 12:21 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp> wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Bisected to 2a8c0883 "time: Move xtime_nsec adjustment
>> underflow handling timekeeping_adjust".
>>
>> Would you check?
> probably caused by this stray return in timekeeping_adjust():
>
>          } else
>                  return;
>
> which should really be a proper goto - like the (totally
> untested!) patch below.

Ooof.   Your analysis looks correct, thanks for fixing this, Ingo!
And thanks for catching the issue Tetsuo!

thanks
-john

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