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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lib/vdso: use CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE for time()
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On Jun 11, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@android.com> writes:
>> From: Chiawei Wang <chiaweiwang@google.com>
>>
>> CLOCK_REALTIME in vdso data won't be updated if
>> __arch_use_vsyscall() returns false.
>
> Errm!
>
> # git grep __arch_use_vsyscall
> #
>
> Aside of that update_vsyscall() updates CLOCK_REALTIME data
> unconditionally. No idea what this patch is solving.
>
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.4+
>
> This # 5.4+ is pointless. You really want to add a fixes tag which pin
> points the commit which introduced the wreckage.
>
> But thats moot as this is not fixing anything not even in 5.4.
>
> I assume this was developed against some Frankenkernel which has a messy
> backport or a snapshot of some development version of that vdso stuff.

Yes, problem code was removed with 52338415cf4d4064ae6b8dd972dadbda841da4fa not applied.

4.19 back port without time namespaces, chip vendor using __arch_use_vsyscall to solve a chip errata.

>
> Not that I want to know, but please make sure that something you send my
> way makes sense on sane kernels.
>
> Oh well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> tglx

Sorry for your troubles.

Sincerely — Mark Salyzyn

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