Bug #4790
arcmsr shouldn't abuse ddi_get_time(9f)
| Status: | New | Start date: | 2014-04-21 | |
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| Priority: | Low | Due date: | ||
| Assignee: | - | % Done: | 0% | |
| Category: | driver - device drivers | |||
| Target version: | - | |||
| Difficulty: | Bite-size | Tags: | needs-triage |
Description
ddi_get_time() returns a Unix timestamp based on the current TOD. If the TOD setting changes for whatever reason (daylight saving time adjustments, NTP), the value returned by ddi_get_time() may change non-monotonically. This makes it unsuitable for calculating timeouts and wait times.
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