Hi tglx,
Sorry, to bother you, I thought maybe this you missed this one? Let me
know if you want a resend.
-Stafford
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:39:21AM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 6:21 AM, Stafford Horne <sho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING is enabled the timekeeping_check_update()
> > function will update status like last_warning and underflow_seen on the
> > timekeeper.
> >
> > If there are issues found this state is used to rate limit the warnings
> > that get printed.
> >
> > This rate limiting doesn't really really work if stored in real_tk as
> > the shadow timekeeper is overwritten onto real_tk at the end of every
> > update_wall_time() call, resetting last_warning and other statuses.
> >
> > Fix rate limiting by using the shadow_timekeeper for
> > timekeeping_check_update().
> >
> > Fixes: commit 57d05a93ada7 ("time: Rework debugging variables so they
> > aren't global")
> > Signed-off-by: Stafford Horne <sho...@gmail.com>
>
> Interesting! Thanks for submitting this! Out of curiosity, can you
> also talk about the underlying issue that made you come across this
> issue?
>
> thanks
> -john
