From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 10/10] arm+arm64: vdso: Add support for CLOCK_BOOTTIME
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 15:25:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171030152517.GB1705@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171012230154.87782-1-salyzyn@android.com>
Hi Mark,
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 04:01:45PM -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
> Add a case for CLOCK_BOOTTIME as it is popular for measuring
> relative time on systems expected to suspend() or hibernate().
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@android.com>
>
> v2: rebased and changed from 3/3 to 10/10, fortified commit message.
> ---
> arch/arm/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h | 1 +
> arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c | 1 +
> arch/arm/vdso/vgettimeofday.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h | 1 +
> arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
Can you elaborate a bit on the use-case for CLOCK_BOOTTIME, please, so
that we can justify accelerating it in the vDSO?
Thanks,
Will
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2017-10-12 23:01 [PATCH v2 10/10] arm+arm64: vdso: Add support for CLOCK_BOOTTIME Mark Salyzyn
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