[patch V2 40/64] hwmon: ibmaem: Use ktime_get_ns()

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Jul 16 2014 - 17:12:17 EST


Using the wall clock time for delta time calculations is wrong to
begin with because wall clock time can be set from userspace and NTP.
Such data wants to be based on clock monotonic.

The calcuations also are done on a nanosecond basis. Use the
nanoseconds based interface right away.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: tip/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
===================================================================
--- tip.orig/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
+++ tip/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
@@ -842,11 +842,10 @@ static ssize_t aem_show_power(struct dev
struct aem_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
u64 before, after, delta, time;
signed long leftover;
- struct timespec b, a;

mutex_lock(&data->lock);
update_aem_energy_one(data, attr->index);
- getnstimeofday(&b);
+ time = ktime_get_ns();
before = data->energy[attr->index];

leftover = schedule_timeout_interruptible(
@@ -858,11 +857,10 @@ static ssize_t aem_show_power(struct dev
}

update_aem_energy_one(data, attr->index);
- getnstimeofday(&a);
+ time = ktime_get_ns() - time;
after = data->energy[attr->index];
mutex_unlock(&data->lock);

- time = timespec_to_ns(&a) - timespec_to_ns(&b);
delta = (after - before) * UJ_PER_MJ;

return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n",


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