[patch] fix alarm() return value

From: Gerd Hoffmann
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 03:55:59 EST


Hi folks,

This patch fixes the alarm() system call return value. The alarm(2)
syscall is supposed to return the reamining seconds. The hrtimer
switchover broke this because the code tries to gather the remaining
time _after_ canceling the timer. Trivial fix below.

Please apply,

Gerd

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Index: linux-2.6.15/kernel/itimer.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.15.orig/kernel/itimer.c 2006-01-27 16:11:33.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.15/kernel/itimer.c 2006-01-27 17:01:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ int do_setitimer(int which, struct itime
switch (which) {
case ITIMER_REAL:
timer = &tsk->signal->real_timer;
- hrtimer_cancel(timer);
if (ovalue) {
ovalue->it_value = itimer_get_remtime(timer);
ovalue->it_interval
= ktime_to_timeval(tsk->signal->it_real_incr);
}
+ hrtimer_cancel(timer);
tsk->signal->it_real_incr =
timeval_to_ktime(value->it_interval);
expires = timeval_to_ktime(value->it_value);