timekeeping: Replace read_boot_clock64() with read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset()
authorPavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:55:34 +0000 (16:55 -0400)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 22:02:40 +0000 (00:02 +0200)
commit3eca993740b8eb40f514b90b1877a4dbcf0a6710
treea34720fb82704a1258c84ae0d8255091d36310f7
parentbe2e0e4257678408b0ab00ea9e743b9094e393e8
timekeeping: Replace read_boot_clock64() with read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset()

If architecture does not support exact boot time, it is challenging to
estimate boot time without having a reference to the current persistent
clock value. Yet, it cannot read the persistent clock time again, because
this may lead to math discrepancies with the caller of read_boot_clock64()
who have read the persistent clock at a different time.

This is why it is better to provide two values simultaneously: the
persistent clock value, and the boot time.

Replace read_boot_clock64() with:
read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset(wall_time, boot_offset)

Where wall_time is returned by read_persistent_clock() And boot_offset is
wall_time - boot time, which defaults to 0.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180719205545.16512-16-pasha.tatashin@oracle.com
include/linux/timekeeping.h
kernel/time/timekeeping.c