linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] powerpc: xmon: use ktime_get_coarse

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:28:18 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     y2038@...ts.linaro.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>,
        Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>,
        Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@...wei.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] powerpc: xmon: use ktime_get_coarse_boottime64

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:

> get_monotonic_boottime() is deprecated, and may not be safe to call in
> every context, as it has to read a hardware clocksource.
>
> This changes xmon to print the time using ktime_get_coarse_boottime64()
> instead, which avoids the old timespec type and the HW access.
>
> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> Originally sent Jun 18, but this hasn't appeared in linux-next yet.
>
> Resending to make sure this is still on the radar. Please apply
> to the powerpc git for 4.19

I had applied it but forgot to push.

Should be there today.

cheers