linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] timekeeping: Use cached readouts for monotonic and raw clocks in suspend

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Date:   Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:24:05 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] timekeeping: Use cached readouts for monotonic and raw
 clocks in suspend

On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Joel Fernandes wrote:

> I am planning to add boot clock as a trace clock that can account suspend time
> during tracing, however ktime_get_with_offset throws a warning as the
> clocksource is attempted to be accessed in suspend.

ktime_get_with_offset() cannot be used as trace clock at all because it can
life lock in NMI context. That's why we have ktime_get_mono_fast().

Thanks,

	tglx