On 12 May 2015 at 15:33, Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tuesday 12 May 2015 10:05:45 Baolin Wang wrote:
> > On 12 May 2015 at 00:30, Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Monday 11 May 2015 19:15:14 Baolin Wang wrote:
> > > > +static int default_timer_get64(struct k_itimer *timr,
> > > > +                              struct itimerspec64 *cur_setting64)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       struct itimerspec cur_setting;
> > > > +       struct k_clock *kc = clockid_to_kclock(timr->it_clock);
> > > > +
> > > > +       kc->timer_get(timr, &cur_setting);
> > > > +       return 0;
> > > > +}
> > >
> > > This function is unfortunately incorrect, because you never copy
> > > the cur_setting value into cur_setting64.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for your comments. But i think this is just  a temporary default
> > function,
> > and will be removed after all the drivers' conversion, so just ensure it
> > won't
> > cause the kernel crash.
> >
>
> No, that function has to do the right thing. The purpose of the function
> is to keep the kernel working when only half the series is applied, this
> is a fundamental part of how we do kernel development: Each patch in
> you series needs to bring the kernel closer to what we want to have in
> the end but not introduce bugs. Your current function stops the
> timer_gettime() system call from working and makes it return uninitialized
> kernel data.
>
>         Arnd
>

Hi Arnd,

Thanks for your explanations, and i'll fix that bug in next patch.


-- 
Baolin.wang
Best Regards
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