[tip:timers/urgent] clocksource: save mult_orig in clocksource_disable()

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Commit-ID:  a52c77102626951144165c53a6b54f1e812360d5
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a52c77102626951144165c53a6b54f1e812360d5
Author:     Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:09:55 -0700
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:55:47 +0200

clocksource: save mult_orig in clocksource_disable()

Save clocksource mult_orig in clocksource_disable().

To fix the common case where ->enable() does not setup
mult, make sure mult_orig is saved in mult on disable.

Also add comments to explain why we do this.

Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <damm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
LKML-Reference: <20090618152432.10136.9932.sendpatchset@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


---
 include/linux/clocksource.h |   12 +++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index c56457c..aff9f01 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -293,7 +293,11 @@ static inline int clocksource_enable(struct clocksource *cs)
 	if (cs->enable)
 		ret = cs->enable(cs);
 
-	/* save mult_orig on enable */
+	/* The frequency may have changed while the clocksource
+	 * was disabled. If so the code in ->enable() must update
+	 * the mult value to reflect the new frequency. Make sure
+	 * mult_orig follows this change.
+	 */
 	cs->mult_orig = cs->mult;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -309,6 +313,12 @@ static inline int clocksource_enable(struct clocksource *cs)
  */
 static inline void clocksource_disable(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
+	/* Save mult_orig in mult so clocksource_enable() can
+	 * restore the value regardless if ->enable() updates
+	 * the value of mult or not.
+	 */
+	cs->mult = cs->mult_orig;
+
 	if (cs->disable)
 		cs->disable(cs);
 }
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