timekeeping: Default boot time offset to local_clock()
authorPavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:55:35 +0000 (16:55 -0400)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 22:02:41 +0000 (00:02 +0200)
commit4b1b7f8054896cee25669f6cea7cb6dd17f508f7
tree65d979baf3f793afe4478fd70185a1d020b93057
parent3eca993740b8eb40f514b90b1877a4dbcf0a6710
timekeeping: Default boot time offset to local_clock()

read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset() is called during boot to read
both the persistent clock and also return the offset between the boot time
and the value of persistent clock.

Change the default boot_offset from zero to local_clock() so architectures,
that do not have a dedicated boot_clock but have early sched_clock(), such
as SPARCv9, x86, and possibly more will benefit from this change by getting
a better and more consistent estimate of the boot time without need for an
arch specific implementation.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Cc: daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com
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Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180719205545.16512-17-pasha.tatashin@oracle.com
kernel/time/timekeeping.c