Protection against the host's time going backwards - keep track of the time at the last tick and if it's greater than the current time, keep time stopped until the host catches up.
Cc: Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/um/os-Linux/time.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6-git/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-git.orig/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c 2008-05-14 10:44:02.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-git/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c 2008-06-02 15:43:53.000000000 -0400 @@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ static void deliver_alarm(void) unsigned long long this_tick = os_nsecs(); int one_tick = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ; + /* Protection against the host's time going backwards */ + if ((last_tick != 0) && (this_tick < last_tick)) + this_tick = last_tick; + if (last_tick == 0) last_tick = this_tick - one_tick; @@ -148,6 +152,9 @@ static int after_sleep_interval(struct t start_usecs = usec; start_usecs -= skew / UM_NSEC_PER_USEC; + if (start_usecs < 0) + start_usecs = 0; + tv = ((struct timeval) { .tv_sec = start_usecs / UM_USEC_PER_SEC, .tv_usec = start_usecs % UM_USEC_PER_SEC }); interval = ((struct itimerval) { { 0, usec }, tv }); ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel