Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

Conflicts:

	Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
	arch/sh/include/asm/elf.h

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 1876b526c77..f8d968063ce 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ void clockevents_set_mode(struct clock_event_device *dev,
 }
 
 /**
+ * clockevents_shutdown - shutdown the device and clear next_event
+ * @dev:	device to shutdown
+ */
+void clockevents_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+	clockevents_set_mode(dev, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN);
+	dev->next_event.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+}
+
+/**
  * clockevents_program_event - Reprogram the clock event device.
  * @expires:	absolute expiry time (monotonic clock)
  *
@@ -206,7 +216,7 @@ void clockevents_exchange_device(struct clock_event_device *old,
 
 	if (new) {
 		BUG_ON(new->mode != CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
-		clockevents_set_mode(new, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN);
+		clockevents_shutdown(new);
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }