Re: [PATCH] posix-timers: CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW: fix the usage of->it_clock

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sat Dec 20 2008 - 15:26:21 EST


On 12/20, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2008, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> > -static int common_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
> > +static inline int
> > +__common_timer_init(struct k_itimer *timer, enum hrtimer_mode mode)
> > {
> > - hrtimer_init(&new_timer->it.real.timer, new_timer->it_clock, 0);
> > + clockid_t clock_id = timer->it_clock ?
> > + CLOCK_MONOTONIC : CLOCK_REALTIME;
> > + hrtimer_init(&timer->it.real.timer, clock_id, mode);
> > return 0;
> > }
>
> No, this is wrong. We do not want to create a timer for
> CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW.

OK, thanks.

I thought that the intent was to allow the creation.

Then we should we shoould add clock_monotonic_raw->timer_create()
which returns -EINVAL ?

Oleg.

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