[PATCH v2 1/7] timekeeping: introduce __current_kernel_time64

Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-10T15:31:33Z

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015, John Stultz wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Stefano Stabellini
> <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Nov 2015, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 10 November 2015 11:57:49 Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> >> > __current_kernel_time64 returns a struct timespec64, without taking the
> >> > xtime lock. Mirrors __current_kernel_time/current_kernel_time.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Actually it doesn't mirror __current_kernel_time/current_kernel_time
> >>
> >> > diff --git a/include/linux/timekeeping.h b/include/linux/timekeeping.h
> >> > index ec89d84..b5802bf 100644
> >> > --- a/include/linux/timekeeping.h
> >> > +++ b/include/linux/timekeeping.h
> >> > @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ extern int do_sys_settimeofday(const struct timespec *tv,
> >> > */
> >> > unsigned long get_seconds(void);
> >> > struct timespec64 current_kernel_time64(void);
> >> > -/* does not take xtime_lock */
> >> > +/* do not take xtime_lock */
> >> > +struct timespec64 __current_kernel_time64(void);
> >> > struct timespec __current_kernel_time(void);
> >>
> >> Please change __current_kernel_time into a static inline function
> >> while you are introducing the new one, to match the patch description ;-)
> >
> > The implementation is:
> >
> > struct timekeeper *tk = &tk_core.timekeeper;
> >
> > return timespec64_to_timespec(tk_xtime(tk));
> >
> > which cannot be easily made into a static inline, unless we start
> > exporting tk_core.
>
> So the timekeeper is passed to the notifier. So you probably want something like
>
> struct timespec64 __current_kernel_time64(struct timekeeper *tk)
> {
> return timespec64_to_timespec(tk_xtime(tk));
> }
>
> Then you can cast the priv pointer in the notifier to a timekeeper and
> use it that way?

Err no. Look at commit 8758a240e2d74c5932ab51a73377e6507b7fd441

i.e. Add the new 64bit function and make the existing one a static
inline which does the timespec64 to timespec conversion.

Thanks,

tglx