We would have returned -EINVAL earlier if ticks wasn't set. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c index 80c3502..b46ffa9 100644 --- a/fs/timerfd.c +++ b/fs/timerfd.c @@ -333,8 +333,7 @@ static long timerfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock); if (!timerfd_canceled(ctx)) { ctx->ticks = ticks; - if (ticks) - wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh); + wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh); } else ret = -ECANCELED; spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html