Re: [PATCH] clean up FIXME in do_timer_interrupt

[Andrew Morton]

Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> AFAICT this code is equivalent and cleans up the (efi_)set_rtc_mmss code
> referred to as "horrible... FIXME" in the comments.  Completely
> untested.
> 
> Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> --- linux-2.6.11-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/time.c.orig	2005-03-03 11:52:32.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.11-rc4/arch/i386/kernel/time.c	2005-03-03 12:02:20.000000000 -0500
> @@ -254,16 +254,10 @@
>  			>= USEC_AFTER - ((unsigned) TICK_SIZE) / 2 &&
>  	    (xtime.tv_nsec / 1000)
>  			<= USEC_BEFORE + ((unsigned) TICK_SIZE) / 2) {
> -		/* horrible...FIXME */
> -		if (efi_enabled) {
> -	 		if (efi_set_rtc_mmss(xtime.tv_sec) == 0)
> -				last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec;
> -			else
> -				last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec - 600;
> -		} else if (set_rtc_mmss(xtime.tv_sec) == 0)
> -			last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec;
> -		else
> -			last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec - 600; /* do it again in 60 s */
> +	        last_rtc_update = xtime.tv_sec;
> +		if (efi_enabled && efi_set_rtc_mmss(xtime.tv_sec) || 
> +			set_rtc_mmss(xtime.tv_sec))
> +			last_rtc_update -= 600;

It's not equivalent.

If efi_enabled is true and efi_set_rtc_mmss(xtime.tv_sec) returns zero, the
new code will run set_rtc_mmss(xtime.tv_sec) whereas the old code won't.

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