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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: suspend/resume support for PIT (time.c)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:46:24 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040110144624.1571488f.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040110200332.GA1327@elf.ucw.cz>

Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>
> +static int pit_resume(struct sys_device *dev)
>  +{
>  +	write_seqlock_irq(&xtime_lock);
>  +	xtime.tv_sec = get_cmos_time() + clock_cmos_diff;
>  +	xtime.tv_nsec = 0; 
>  +	write_sequnlock_irq(&xtime_lock);
>  +	return 0;
>  +}

Have you checked the lock ranking here?  get_cmos_time() takes a ton of
locks, especially if EFI is enabled.  Do all those rank inside xtime_lock?

It _looks_ right, but perhaps it would be saner to move the get_coms_time()
call outside the lock?



  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-10 22:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-10 20:03 suspend/resume support for PIT (time.c) Pavel Machek
2004-01-10 22:46 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2004-01-11 11:53   ` Pavel Machek
2004-01-12 18:33 ` john stultz
2004-01-12 22:39   ` Pavel Machek
2004-01-12 23:12     ` Andrew Morton
2004-01-12 23:14       ` Pavel Machek

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