linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] time: Fix sleeptime injection for non-stop clocksource & persistent clock

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:04:22 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>
cc:     john.stultz@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        neeraju@...eaurora.org, gkohli@...eaurora.org,
        cpandya@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] time: Fix sleeptime injection for non-stop clocksource
 & persistent clock

On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> On 6/23/2018 2:57 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > @@ -1671,7 +1685,6 @@ void timekeeping_resume(void)
> >   	struct timespec64 ts_new, ts_delta;
> >   	u64 cycle_now;
> >   -	sleeptime_injected = false;
> >   	read_persistent_clock64(&ts_new);
> >     	clockevents_resume();
> > @@ -1743,6 +1756,8 @@ int timekeeping_suspend(void)
> >   	if (timekeeping_suspend_time.tv_sec ||
> > timekeeping_suspend_time.tv_nsec)
> >   		persistent_clock_exists = true;
> >   +	sleeptime_injected = false;
> 
> I did not get the exact valid point of moving it from `timekeeping_suspend` to
> `timekeeping_resume`.

It's the other way round. I move it from resume to suspend. Simply because
it should only be set to 'false' when suspend is reached. It would work the
other way round as well, but I felt it's inconsistent.

Thanks,

	tglx