Hi Mark, On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 04:01:45PM -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote: > Add a case for CLOCK_BOOTTIME as it is popular for measuring > relative time on systems expected to suspend() or hibernate(). > > Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <[email protected]> > > v2: rebased and changed from 3/3 to 10/10, fortified commit message. > --- > arch/arm/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h | 1 + > arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c | 1 + > arch/arm/vdso/vgettimeofday.c | 56 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h | 1 + > arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c | 1 + > 5 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
Can you elaborate a bit on the use-case for CLOCK_BOOTTIME, please, so that we can justify accelerating it in the vDSO? Thanks, Will
