Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc8' into oprofile

Conflicts:
	arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 3d1e3e1a197..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)
  *
@@ -177,7 +187,7 @@ void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 /*
  * Noop handler when we shut down an event device
  */
-static void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+void clockevents_handle_noop(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +209,6 @@ void clockevents_exchange_device(struct clock_event_device *old,
 	 * released list and do a notify add later.
 	 */
 	if (old) {
-		old->event_handler = clockevents_handle_noop;
 		clockevents_set_mode(old, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
 		list_del(&old->list);
 		list_add(&old->list, &clockevents_released);
@@ -207,7 +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);
 }