On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:27:06 +0200, Andi Kleen said:
> > Updating on this issue:   Both myself and another person have reported on
> > the RedHat bugzilla that it's a clocksource issue - if you are using the
> > hpet clocksource, the time warps, but booting with clocksource=acpi_pm 
> > works.
> > 
> > This ring any bells?
> 
> Does this patch fix it? 
> -Andi
> 
> Add missing mask operation to vdso
> 
> vdso vgetns() didn't mask the time source offset calculation, which could
> lead to time problems with 32bit HPET. Add the masking.
> 
> Thanks to Chuck Ebbert for tracking down.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Confirming that does indeed fix it - booted with hpet clocksource and vdso=1,
and the time didn't warp at the 5-minute mark.

Tested-By: Valdis Kletnieks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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