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SubjectRe: system time goes weird in kvm guest after host suspend/resume
On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:12 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:
> > On 04/06/20 21:28, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> >> time(2) returns good time, while clock_gettime(2) returns bad time.
> >> Here's an example:
> >>
> >> time=1591298725 RT=1591300383 MONO=39582 MONO_RAW=39582 BOOT=39582
> >> time=1591298726 RT=1591300383 MONO=39582 MONO_RAW=39582 BOOT=39582
> >> time=1591298727 RT=1591300383 MONO=39582 MONO_RAW=39582 BOOT=39582
> >> time=1591298728 RT=1591300383 MONO=39582 MONO_RAW=39582 BOOT=39582
> >> time=1591298729 RT=1591300383 MONO=39582 MONO_RAW=39582 BOOT=39582
> >>
> >> As you can see, only time(2) is updated, the others remain the same.
> >> date(1) uses clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME) so that shows the bad date.
> >>
> >> When the correct time reaches the value returned by CLOCK_REALTIME,
> >> the value jumps exactly 2199 seconds.
>
> Which value jumps?

The time value returned by clock_gettime() and gettimeofday() jumps by
2199s after the resume of host, and then again and again jumps with a
period of 2^41 ns.

Only time() returns the correct value and that appears to use the VDSO
since there's no time() syscall in strace.

> I can actually now reproduce, but I won't be able to investigate that
> before monday.

No problem. Good news that you can reproduce it now.

Thanks,
Miklos

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