Re: [PATCH] kernel: use ktime_get_real_ts64() to calculate acct.ac_btime

Peter Zijlstra
2019-11-07T12:49:28Z

On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 09:56:12AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> But it would be way simpler just to store the CLOCK_REALTIME start time
> along with BOOT and MONOTONIC and just get rid of all these horrible
> calculations which are bound to be wrong.
>
> Peter?

So I'd really hate to do that, as that gives the impression REALTIME is
a sane clock to use. As I argued in that other email, REALTIME is
horrible crap.