tree f12edeca14a07b086642c369cbb45dae112dd14d
parent d78c9300c51d6ceed9f6d078d4e9366f259de28c
author Richard Larocque <rlarocque@google.com> 1410312663 -0700
committer John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> 1410555551 -0700

alarmtimer: Return relative times in timer_gettime

Returns the time remaining for an alarm timer, rather than the time at
which it is scheduled to expire.  If the timer has already expired or it
is not currently scheduled, the it_value's members are set to zero.

This new behavior matches that of the other posix-timers and the POSIX
specifications.

This is a change in user-visible behavior, and may break existing
applications.  Hopefully, few users rely on the old incorrect behavior.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: Sharvil Nanavati <sharvil@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Larocque <rlarocque@google.com>
[jstultz: minor style tweak]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>