From 978d7eb31d44de34a7f71e04ed4158f3f854688d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:11:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Avoid giving out RTC dates below EPOCH Doing so causes xtime to be negative which crashes the timekeeping code in funny ways when doing suspend/resume Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt --- arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c index 92dc844..a136a11c490 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ int update_persistent_clock(struct timespec now) return ppc_md.set_rtc_time(&tm); } -void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts) +static void __read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts) { struct rtc_time tm; static int first = 1; @@ -800,10 +800,23 @@ void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts) return; } ppc_md.get_rtc_time(&tm); + ts->tv_sec = mktime(tm.tm_year+1900, tm.tm_mon+1, tm.tm_mday, tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec); } +void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts) +{ + __read_persistent_clock(ts); + + /* Sanitize it in case real time clock is set below EPOCH */ + if (ts->tv_sec < 0) { + ts->tv_sec = 0; + ts->tv_nsec = 0; + } + +} + /* clocksource code */ static cycle_t rtc_read(struct clocksource *cs) { -- 2.7.4