Re: [PATCH][RFC v5] timekeeping: Ignore the bogus sleep time if pm_trace is enabled

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Sep 02 2016 - 15:29:46 EST


On Wed, 31 Aug 2016, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, August 29, 2016 12:40:39 AM Chen Yu wrote:
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Make rtc-based persistent clock unusable
> > + * if pm_trace is enabled, only take effect
> > + * for timekeeping_suspend/resume.
> > + */
> > + if (pm_trace_is_enabled() &&
> > + x86_platform.get_wallclock == mach_get_cmos_time) {
> > + ts->tv_sec = 0;
> > + ts->tv_nsec = 0;
> > + }
>
> I'm not sure about this. Looks hackish.

Indeed. Can't you just keep track that pm_trace fiddled with the cmos clock
and then discard the value either in the core or in mach_get_cmos_time()

Thanks,

tglx