linux-kernel - [tip:x86/timers] timekeeping: Warning when persistent clock is not available

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 04:48:52 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Pavel Tatashin <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     pasha.tatashin@...cle.com, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:x86/timers] timekeeping: Warning when persistent clock is not
 available

Commit-ID:  b8becb6ca494ddb84f5752ecdb6d56ae49d9ab8a
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/b8becb6ca494ddb84f5752ecdb6d56ae49d9ab8a
Author:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:00:18 -0400
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:45:20 +0200

timekeeping: Warning when persistent clock is not available

On arches with no persistent clock a message like this is printed during
boot:

[    0.000000] Persistent clock returned invalid value

The value is not invalid: it simply zero meaning no persistent clock and
the absence of persistent clock should be quietly accepted.

Fixes: 3eca993740b8 ("timekeeping: Replace read_boot_clock64() with read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset()")
Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: steven.sistare@...cle.com
Cc: daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com
Cc: sboyd@...nel.org
Cc: john.stultz@...aro.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180725200018.23722-1-pasha.tatashin@oracle.com


---
 kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 30d7f64ffc87..6183e7460138 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ void __init timekeeping_init(void)
 	if (timespec64_valid_strict(&wall_time) &&
 	    timespec64_to_ns(&wall_time) > 0) {
 		persistent_clock_exists = true;
-	} else {
+	} else if (timespec64_to_ns(&wall_time) != 0) {
 		pr_warn("Persistent clock returned invalid value");
 		wall_time = (struct timespec64){0};
 	}