On 12/18/2013 02:08 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * John Stultz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In 780427f0e11 (Indicate that clock was set in the pvclock
>> gtod notifier), logic was added to pass a CLOCK_WAS_SET
>> notification to the pvclock notifier chain.
>>
>> While that patch added a action flag returned from
>> accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(), it only uses the returned value
>> in one location, and not in the logarithmic accumulation.
>>
>> This means if a leap second triggered during the logarithmic
>> accumulation (which is most likely where it would happen),
>> the notification that the clock was set would not make it to
>> the pv notifiers.
>>
>> This patch extends the logarithmic_accumulation pass down
>> that action flag so proper notification will occur.
>>
>> Cc: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
>> Cc: David Vrabel <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Richard Cochran <[email protected]>
>> Cc: <[email protected]>
>> Cc: stable <[email protected]> #3.11+
>> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 10 +++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
>> index 6bad3d9..998ec751 100644
>> --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
>> +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
>> @@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ static inline unsigned int
>> accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(struct timekeeper *tk)
>> * Returns the unconsumed cycles.
>> */
>> static cycle_t logarithmic_accumulation(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t
>> offset,
>> - u32 shift)
>> + u32 shift, unsigned int *action)
> I have two complaints about this patch:
>
> 1)
>
> I think the 'action' name sucks because it's too obfuscated. It's only
> ever set to TK_CLOCK_WAS_SET, so why not name it more descriptively,
> i.e. 'clock_was_set'?
Sure, I was reusing the existing variables, but no issue changing the
name here too.
> 2)
>
> Secondly, the proliferation of parameters passed around I think calls
> for a helper structure which would carry the (offset, shift,
> clock_was_set) triple:
>
> struct acc_params {
> cycle_t offset;
> u32 shift;
> bool clock_was_set;
> };
>
> And then passed down like this:
>
>> static cycle_t logarithmic_accumulation(struct timekeeper *tk, struct
>> acc_params *params)
> Agreed?
Huh. Ok, I don't see the parameters structure likely being reused, so
this would be a special struct only for the logarithmic_accumulation() call?
Also, since we want to pass down TK_CLOCK_WAS_SET to timekeeping_update,
you ok with clock_was_set being an int instead of a bool?
thanks
-john
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