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Re: [PATCH 2/6] linux: Assume clock_getres CLOCK_{PROCESS,THREAD}_CPUTIME_ID


On 11/02/2019 09:43, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Adhemerval Zanella:
> 
>> nscd uses _SC_MONOTONIC_CLOCK and if I understood correctly both IA64 
>> manual and kernel code, the CLOCK_MONOTONIC implementation on SMP IA64
>> system with ITC that may drift is a best effort...
> 
> Are you sure about that?  Wouldn't that be a bug in kernel
> clock_gettime, and not something we should paper over in userspace?

Not sure, I was just my impression checking kernel ia64 code but I am not
an architecture expert. To be safe I kept the original code in patch
proposal.
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