[PATCH] Fix faulty HPET clocksource usage (fix for bug #7062)

Apparently some systems export valid HPET addresses, but hpet_enable()
fails.  Then when the HPET clocksource starts up, it only checks for a
valid HPET address, and the result is a system where time does not advance.

See http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7062 for details.

This patch just makes sure we better check that the HPET is functional
before registering the HPET clocksource.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
index c6737c3..17647a5 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int __init init_hpet_clocksource(void)
        void __iomem* hpet_base;
        u64 tmp;
 
-       if (!hpet_address)
+       if (!is_hpet_enabled())
                return -ENODEV;
 
        /* calculate the hpet address: */