Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: Use ktime_get_boottime() to determine how long a regulator was off

[Stephen Boyd]

Quoting Matthias Kaehlcke (2023-02-22 11:15:46)
> For regulators with 'off-on-delay-us' the regulator framework currently
> uses ktime_get() to determine how long the regulator has been off
> before re-enabling it (after a delay if needed). A problem with using
> ktime_get() is that it doesn't account for the time the system is
> suspended. As a result a regulator with a longer 'off-on-delay' (e.g.
> 500ms) that was switched off during suspend might still incurr in a
> delay on resume before it is re-enabled, even though the regulator
> might have been off for hours. ktime_get_boottime() accounts for
> suspend time, use it instead of ktime_get().
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Is it fixing something in stable kernels? Should it be tagged for
stable?

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>