linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] posix-timers: Fix clock_adjtime to always return timex data on success

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Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:29:18 -0800
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] posix-timers: Fix clock_adjtime to always return timex
 data on success

On 01/11/2013 02:58 AM, Miroslav Lichvar wrote:
> The clock_adj call returns the clock state on success, which may be a
> non-zero value (e.g. TIME_INS), but the modified timex data is copied
> back to the user only when zero value (TIME_OK) was returned. Fix the
> condition to copy the data also with positive return values.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com>

Thanks for the resend. I've got this in my queue for 3.9

thanks
-john

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