Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  hrtimers: Reorder clock bases
  hrtimers: Avoid touching inactive timer bases
  hrtimers: Make struct hrtimer_cpu_base layout less stupid
  timerfd: Manage cancelable timers in timerfd
  clockevents: Move C3 stop test outside lock
  alarmtimer: Drop device refcount after rtc_open()
  alarmtimer: Check return value of class_find_device()
  timerfd: Allow timers to be cancelled when clock was set
  hrtimers: Prepare for cancel on clock was set timers

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/timerfd.h b/include/linux/timerfd.h
index 2d0792983f8c..d3b57fa12225 100644
--- a/include/linux/timerfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/timerfd.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  * shared O_* flags.
  */
 #define TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME (1 << 0)
+#define TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET (1 << 1)
 #define TFD_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
 #define TFD_NONBLOCK O_NONBLOCK
 
@@ -26,6 +27,6 @@
 /* Flags for timerfd_create.  */
 #define TFD_CREATE_FLAGS TFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS
 /* Flags for timerfd_settime.  */
-#define TFD_SETTIME_FLAGS TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME
+#define TFD_SETTIME_FLAGS (TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME | TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_TIMERFD_H */