linux-kernel - Re: RESEND [PATCH v6 11/12] lib: vdso: Add support for CLOCK

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Date:   Mon, 1 Oct 2018 20:15:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
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Subject: Re: RESEND [PATCH v6 11/12] lib: vdso: Add support for
 CLOCK_BOOTTIME

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
>  
> +static notrace int do_boottime(const struct vdso_data *vd, struct timespec *ts)
> +{
> +	u32 seq, mult, shift;
> +	u64 nsec, cycle_last;
> +	vdso_wtm_clock_nsec_t wtm_nsec;
> +
> +	/* open coding timespec_add_ns to save a ts->tv_nsec = 0 */
> +	ts->tv_sec = sec + __iter_div_u64_rem(nsec, NSEC_PER_SEC, &nsec);
> +	ts->tv_nsec = nsec;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +

Instead of adding yet another copy of the same code you might want to look
at the rework I did for the x86 vdso in order to support CLOCK_TAI w/o
running into the issue of the clock switch case being compiled into a jump
table and then the compile asking for retpoline.

  http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180917124533.329334911@linutronix.de

Thanks,

	tglx