linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/8] ntp: Move timex validation to timekeeping do

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Date:	Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:08:13 -0700
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] ntp: Move timex validation to timekeeping do_adjtimex call.

Move logic that does not need the ntp state to be done
in the timekeeping do_adjtimex() call.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/time/ntp.c          |    5 -----
 kernel/time/ntp_internal.h |    1 +
 kernel/time/timekeeping.c  |    7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index 8b10706..2dc60c6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -668,11 +668,6 @@ int __do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
 	u32 time_tai, orig_tai;
 	int result;
 
-	/* Validate the data before disabling interrupts */
-	result = ntp_validate_timex(txc);
-	if (result)
-		return result;
-
 	if (txc->modes & ADJ_SETOFFSET) {
 		struct timespec delta;
 		delta.tv_sec  = txc->time.tv_sec;
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp_internal.h b/kernel/time/ntp_internal.h
index fdee80c..a2a3976 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp_internal.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extern void ntp_clear(void);
 /* Returns how long ticks are at present, in ns / 2^NTP_SCALE_SHIFT. */
 extern u64 ntp_tick_length(void);
 extern int second_overflow(unsigned long secs);
+extern int ntp_validate_timex(struct timex *);
 extern int __do_adjtimex(struct timex *);
 extern void __hardpps(const struct timespec *, const struct timespec *);
 #endif /* _LINUX_NTP_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index a138ec2..f6c8a72 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1618,6 +1618,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get_monotonic_offset);
  */
 int do_adjtimex(struct timex *txc)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Validate the data before disabling interrupts */
+	ret = ntp_validate_timex(txc);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return __do_adjtimex(txc);
 }
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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