Re: [RFC/RFT patch 0/7] timekeeping: Unify clock MONOTONIC and clock BOOTTIME

From: John Stultz
Date: Mon Apr 23 2018 - 23:03:53 EST


On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 7:45 PM, Genki Sky <sky@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Quoting Genki Sky (2018/04/23 20:40:36 -0400)
>> I came across this thread for same reason as [0]: Daemons getting
>> killed by systemd on resume (after >WatchdogSec seconds of
>> suspending). I'm using master branch of systemd and the kernel. As
>> mentioned, systemd uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC, originally expecting it to
>> not include suspend time.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I don't see the ambiguity of whether
>> this patch series breaks systemd. If it's implemented correctly, you'd
>> hope it *would* break it!
>
> This sounded a little weak on re-reading, sorry. So, I just confirmed
> that after booting a "git revert -m 1 680014d6d1da", the issue no
> longer appears. (I.e., a suspend for >WatchDog sec doesn't result in
> any daemon getting killed).
>
> Let me know if I can help in any way.

Yea, this is the sort of thing I was worried about.

Thomas: I think reverting this change is needed.

thanks
-john