Re: [PATCH 1/9] timer_list: Add the base offset so remaining nsecs are accurate for non monotonic timers

[Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>]

On 08/17/2015 03:01 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 08/17/2015 02:40 PM, John Stultz wrote:
>> I noticed for non-monotonic timers in timer_list, some of the
>> output looked a little confusing.
>>
>> For example:
>>  #1: <0000000000000000>, posix_timer_fn, S:01, hrtimer_start_range_ns, leap-a-day/2360
>>  # expires at 1434412800000000000-1434412800000000000 nsecs [in 1434410725062375469 to 1434410725062375469 nsecs]
>>
>> You'll note the relative time till the expiration "[in xxx to
>> yyy nsecs]" is incorrect. This is because its printing the delta
>> between CLOCK_MONOTONIC time to the CLOCK_REALTIME expiration.
>>
>> This patch fixes this issue by adding the clock offset to the
>> "now" time which we use to calculate the delta.
>>
>> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
>> Cc: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
>> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
>> ---
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I see just this patch in the series and not the others. Could you
> please make sure I am on the cc for all of them. I will review and
> try to get these into 4.3
> 

Never mind. Looks like this one at least is better suited to go through
timer git.

-- Shuah


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