linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: supply: ab8500: stop using getnstimeofday64()

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Message-ID: <20180706150550.pimear2arcldfua6@earth.universe>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jul 2018 17:05:50 +0200
From:   Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.co.uk>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: supply: ab8500: stop using getnstimeofday64()

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 04:23:29PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> getnstimeofday64() is deprecated in favor of the ktime_get() family.
> 
> The direct replacement would be ktime_get_real_ts64(), but we only need
> the seconds value, and it seems better to use boottime than real time
> to avoid unexpected behavior with a concurrent settimeofday().
> 
> ktime_get_seconds() might also work, but it seems better to use
> boottime than monotonic time since I assume that the charging
> process continues during suspend.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---

Thanks, queued to power-supply-next.

-- Sebastian

>  drivers/power/supply/ab8500_fg.c | 14 ++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/ab8500_fg.c b/drivers/power/supply/ab8500_fg.c
> index d9c6c7bedd85..02356f9b5f22 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/ab8500_fg.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/ab8500_fg.c
> @@ -379,15 +379,13 @@ static int ab8500_fg_is_low_curr(struct ab8500_fg *di, int curr)
>   */
>  static int ab8500_fg_add_cap_sample(struct ab8500_fg *di, int sample)
>  {
> -	struct timespec64 ts64;
> +	time64_t now = ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
>  	struct ab8500_fg_avg_cap *avg = &di->avg_cap;
>  
> -	getnstimeofday64(&ts64);
> -
>  	do {
>  		avg->sum += sample - avg->samples[avg->pos];
>  		avg->samples[avg->pos] = sample;
> -		avg->time_stamps[avg->pos] = ts64.tv_sec;
> +		avg->time_stamps[avg->pos] = now;
>  		avg->pos++;
>  
>  		if (avg->pos == NBR_AVG_SAMPLES)
> @@ -400,7 +398,7 @@ static int ab8500_fg_add_cap_sample(struct ab8500_fg *di, int sample)
>  		 * Check the time stamp for each sample. If too old,
>  		 * replace with latest sample
>  		 */
> -	} while (ts64.tv_sec - VALID_CAPACITY_SEC > avg->time_stamps[avg->pos]);
> +	} while (now - VALID_CAPACITY_SEC > avg->time_stamps[avg->pos]);
>  
>  	avg->avg = avg->sum / avg->nbr_samples;
>  
> @@ -439,14 +437,14 @@ static void ab8500_fg_clear_cap_samples(struct ab8500_fg *di)
>  static void ab8500_fg_fill_cap_sample(struct ab8500_fg *di, int sample)
>  {
>  	int i;
> -	struct timespec64 ts64;
> +	time64_t now;
>  	struct ab8500_fg_avg_cap *avg = &di->avg_cap;
>  
> -	getnstimeofday64(&ts64);
> +	now = ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < NBR_AVG_SAMPLES; i++) {
>  		avg->samples[i] = sample;
> -		avg->time_stamps[i] = ts64.tv_sec;
> +		avg->time_stamps[i] = now;
>  	}
>  
>  	avg->pos = 0;
> -- 
> 2.9.0
> 

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