On Sun, Jul 05, 2026 at 02:38:04PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > The comments related to raw monotonic timestamps for the various > snapshot mechanisms in code and struct documentation are ambiguous. They > reference them as CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW timestamps, but with the arrival > of AUX clocks that's not longer correct. > > The raw monotonic timestamps only represent CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW for the > system time clock IDs, i.e. REALTIME, MONOTONIC, BOOTTIME, TAI. > > For AUX clocks they refer to the monotonic raw clock which is related to > the individual AUX clocks. These monotonic raw timestamps have the same > conversion factor as CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, but differ from that by an > offset: > > MONORAW(AUX$N) = MONORAW(SYSTEM) + OFFSET(AUX$N) > > The offset is established when a AUX clock is enabled and stays constant > for the lifetime of the AUX clock. > > Update the comments so they reflect reality. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> > Reported-by: Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]>
Thanks! Reviewed-by: Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]> (...)
