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Message-ID: <520BD4BD.3010300@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:04:29 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Fan Du <fan.du@...driver.com>
CC:	tglx@...utronix.de,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 linux-next] hrtimer: Add notifier when clock_was_set
 was called

Hello.

On 08/14/2013 12:52 PM, Fan Du wrote:

>  From e3929d4fdfad5b40fd8cad0e217597670d1aef54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Fan Du <fan.du@...driver.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:39:23 +0800
> Subject: [PATCHv3 linux-next] hrtimer: Add notifier when clock_was_set was called

    This header is not needed.

> When clock_was_set is called in case of system wall time change
> or host resume from suspend state, use this notifier for places
> where interested in this action, e.g Ipsec SA lifetime management.

> Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@...driver.com>

> v3:
>    -Beautify notifier with register/unregister API exported for other subsystem.

[...]

> diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
> index d19a5c2..f0404e4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
> @@ -461,4 +461,7 @@ extern u64 ktime_divns(const ktime_t kt, s64 div);
>   /* Show pending timers: */
>   extern void sysrq_timer_list_show(void);
>
> +extern int register_clock_change_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> +extern int unregister_clock_change_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> +
>   #endif
> diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
> index 383319b..c6e6405 100644
> --- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
> +++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
> @@ -755,6 +755,24 @@ static inline void retrigger_next_event(void *arg) { }
>
>   #endif /* CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS */
>
> +static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(clock_change_notifier_list);
> +static int call_clock_change_notifiers(void)
> +{
> +    return atomic_notifier_call_chain(&clock_change_notifier_list, 0, 0);
> +}
> +
> +int register_clock_change_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> +    return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&clock_change_notifier_list, nb);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_clock_change_notifier);
> +
> +int unregister_clock_change_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> +    return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&clock_change_notifier_list, nb);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_clock_change_notifier);
> +
>   /*
>    * Clock realtime was set
>    *
> @@ -773,6 +791,7 @@ void clock_was_set(void)
>       on_each_cpu(retrigger_next_event, NULL, 1);
>   #endif
>       timerfd_clock_was_set();
> +    call_clock_change_notifiers();
>   }

    Your patch seems whitepsace damaged, i.e. a space is added before each 
line starting with space.

WBR, Sergei

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