Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] sched/clock: interface to allow timestamps early in boot

[Pasha Tatashin]

> > void __init timekeeping_init(void)
> > {
> > 	/*
> > 	 * We must determine boot timestamp before getting current  	
> > 	 * persistent clock value, because implementation of
> > 	 * read_boot_clock64() might also call the persistent
> > 	 * clock, and a leap second may occur.
> > 	 */
> >
> > 	read_boot_clock64(&boot);
> > 	...
> > 	read_persistent_clock64(&now);
>
> No. That's the same crap just the other way round.
>
> s390 can do that, because the boot timestamp is correlated with the
> persistent clock. Your's not so much.

OK, how about reading the persistent clock only once, and send it's 
value to use for calculation of boot stamp to read_boot_clock64() via a 
new argument:

read_boot_clock64(&now, &boot);

Does this sound alright or is there a better way?

I would need to update read_boot_clock64() everywhere it is declared to 
add the __init macro, so this extra argument is not going to increase 
number of line changes.

Thank you,
Pasha