[PATCH 1/3] Fix sysdev time support

[Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org>]

Make time_suspend and time_resume call get_cmos_time once only, so as to
eliminate unnecessary 1 second delays in suspending and resuming.

diff -ruN 990-old/arch/i386/kernel/time.c 990-new/arch/i386/kernel/time.c
--- 990-old/arch/i386/kernel/time.c	2004-11-12 08:12:58.275103280 +1100
+++ 990-new/arch/i386/kernel/time.c	2004-11-12 07:16:41.000000000 +1100
@@ -323,20 +323,22 @@
 
 static int time_suspend(struct sys_device *dev, u32 state)
 {
+	long cmos_time = get_cmos_time();
 	/*
 	 * Estimate time zone so that set_time can update the clock
 	 */
-	clock_cmos_diff = -get_cmos_time();
+	clock_cmos_diff = -cmos_time;
 	clock_cmos_diff += get_seconds();
-	sleep_start = get_cmos_time();
+	sleep_start = cmos_time;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int time_resume(struct sys_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned long sec = get_cmos_time() + clock_cmos_diff;
-	unsigned long sleep_length = get_cmos_time() - sleep_start;
+	unsigned long cmos_time = get_cmos_time();
+	unsigned long sec = cmos_time + clock_cmos_diff;
+	unsigned long sleep_length = cmos_time - sleep_start;
 
 	write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
 	xtime.tv_sec = sec;

-- 
Nigel Cunningham
Pastoral Worker
Christian Reformed Church of Tuggeranong
PO Box 1004, Tuggeranong, ACT 2901

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