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Fix discrepancy between VDSO based gettimeofday() and sys_gettimeofday().

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On platforms that copy sys_tz into the vdso (currently only x86_64, soon to
include powerpc), it is possible for the vdso to get out of sync if a user
calls (admittedly unusual) settimeofday(NULL, ptr).

This patch adds a hook for architectures that set
CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL to ensure when sys_tz is updated they can also
updatee their copy in the vdso.

Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds <tony@bakeyournoodle.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tony Breeds
2007-10-18 03:04:57 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 6212e3a388
commit 2c62214831
4 changed files with 22 additions and 1 deletions
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@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ ia64_setup_printk_clock(void)
ia64_printk_clock = ia64_itc_printk_clock;
}
/* IA64 doesn't cache the timezone */
void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
{
}
void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct clocksource *c)
{
unsigned long flags;