On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 02:06:11PM -0700, John Stultz wrote: > @@ -597,8 +602,16 @@ static int alarm_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags, > > /* start the timer */ > timr->it.alarm.interval = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_interval); > - alarm_start(&timr->it.alarm.alarmtimer, > - timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value)); > + exp = timespec_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value); > + /* Convert (if necessary) to absolute time */ > + if (flags != TIMER_ABSTIME) { > + ktime_t now; > + > + now = alarm_bases[timr->it.alarm.alarmtimer.type].gettime(); > + exp = ktime_add(now, exp); > + } > + > + alarm_start(&timr->it.alarm.alarmtimer, exp); Nothing protects 'exp' from becoming invalid before queuing the alarm, if the time base is reset on another cpu. Or would that be harmless here? > return 0; > } Thanks, Richard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html