# Re: \[PATCH 4/8\] time: Condense timekeeper.xtime into xtime\_sec

- From: John Stultz \<hidden\>
- Date: 2012-08-21 18:15:22 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/08/3912265
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/08/3911802/t.md

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On 08/21/2012 12:14 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> John Stultz [ref] writes:
>
>> @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static void tk_xtime_add(struct timekeeper *tk, const struct timespec *ts)
>>   {
>>   	tk->xtime_sec += ts->tv_sec;
>>   	tk->xtime_nsec += (u64)ts->tv_nsec << tk->shift;
>> +	tk_normalize_xtime(tk);
>>   }
> Yes, that does it.  Failure to normalize is always bad.

Great. Thanks for the testing and the bug report! I'll be sending out the patch to -tip later today.

thanks
-john
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