linux-stable/kernel/time
Benjamin ROBIN 35b603f8a7 ntp: Make sure RTC is synchronized when time goes backwards
sync_hw_clock() is normally called every 11 minutes when time is
synchronized. This issue is that this periodic timer uses the REALTIME
clock, so when time moves backwards (the NTP server jumps into the past),
the timer expires late.

If the timer expires late, which can be days later, the RTC will no longer
be updated, which is an issue if the device is abruptly powered OFF during
this period. When the device will restart (when powered ON), it will have
the date prior to the ADJ_SETOFFSET call.

A normal NTP server should not jump in the past like that, but it is
possible... Another way of reproducing this issue is to use phc2sys to
synchronize the REALTIME clock with, for example, an IRIG timecode with
the source always starting at the same date (not synchronized).

Also, if the time jump in the future by less than 11 minutes, the RTC may
not be updated immediately (minor issue). Consider the following scenario:
 - Time is synchronized, and sync_hw_clock() was just called (the timer
   expires in 11 minutes).
 - A time jump is realized in the future by a couple of minutes.
 - The time is synchronized again.
 - Users may expect that RTC to be updated as soon as possible, and not
   after 11 minutes (for the same reason, if a power loss occurs in this
   period).

Cancel periodic timer on any time jump (ADJ_SETOFFSET) greater than or
equal to 1s. The timer will be relaunched at the end of do_adjtimex() if
NTP is still considered synced. Otherwise the timer will be relaunched
later when NTP is synced. This way, when the time is synchronized again,
the RTC is updated after less than 2 seconds.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin ROBIN <dev@benjarobin.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240908140836.203911-1-dev@benjarobin.fr
2024-09-10 13:50:40 +02:00
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alarmtimer.c treewide: Fix wrong singular form of jiffies in comments 2024-09-08 20:47:40 +02:00
clockevents.c treewide: Fix wrong singular form of jiffies in comments 2024-09-08 20:47:40 +02:00
clocksource-wdtest.c time: Add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() to time test modules 2024-06-03 11:18:50 +02:00
clocksource.c clocksource: Fix brown-bag boolean thinko in cs_watchdog_read() 2024-08-02 18:29:28 +02:00
hrtimer.c treewide: Fix wrong singular form of jiffies in comments 2024-09-08 20:47:40 +02:00
itimer.c time: Prevent undefined behaviour in timespec64_to_ns() 2020-10-26 11:48:11 +01:00
jiffies.c clocksource: Make clocksource watchdog test safe for slow-HZ systems 2021-08-28 17:01:32 +02:00
Kconfig clocksource: Make the int help prompt unit readable in ncurses 2024-04-30 00:12:22 +02:00
Makefile timers: Implement the hierarchical pull model 2024-02-22 17:52:32 +01:00
namespace.c vdso/timens: Refactor copy-pasted find_timens_vvar_page() helper into one copy 2022-12-01 11:35:40 +01:00
ntp_internal.h ntp: Make sure RTC is synchronized when time goes backwards 2024-09-10 13:50:40 +02:00
ntp.c ntp: Make sure RTC is synchronized when time goes backwards 2024-09-10 13:50:40 +02:00
posix-clock.c Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open() 2024-03-27 09:03:22 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-timers: Consolidate signal queueing 2024-07-29 21:57:35 +02:00
posix-stubs.c posix-timers: Get rid of [COMPAT_]SYS_NI() uses 2023-12-20 21:30:27 -08:00
posix-timers.c treewide: Fix wrong singular form of jiffies in comments 2024-09-08 20:47:40 +02:00
posix-timers.h posix-timers: Consolidate signal queueing 2024-07-29 21:57:35 +02:00
sched_clock.c time/sched_clock: Provide sched_clock_noinstr() 2023-06-05 21:11:04 +02:00
test_udelay.c time: Add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() to time test modules 2024-06-03 11:18:50 +02:00
tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c time/tick-broadcast: Remove RCU_NONIDLE() usage 2023-01-13 11:48:16 +01:00
tick-broadcast.c tick/broadcast: Move per CPU pointer access into the atomic section 2024-07-31 12:37:43 +02:00
tick-common.c tick/nohz_full: Don't abuse smp_call_function_single() in tick_setup_device() 2024-06-10 20:18:13 +02:00
tick-internal.h tick: Move broadcast cancellation up to CPUHP_AP_TICK_DYING 2024-02-26 11:37:32 +01:00
tick-legacy.c timekeeping: remove xtime_update 2020-10-30 21:57:07 +01:00
tick-oneshot.c time: Fix various kernel-doc problems 2023-01-03 11:07:58 +01:00
tick-sched.c tick/sched: Combine WARN_ON_ONCE and print_once 2024-07-03 21:32:55 +02:00
tick-sched.h tick/sched: Fix struct tick_sched doc warnings 2024-04-01 10:36:35 +02:00
time_test.c time: Add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() to time test modules 2024-06-03 11:18:50 +02:00
time.c time: add kernel-doc in time.c 2023-07-14 13:47:07 -06:00
timeconst.bc time: Add SPDX license identifiers 2018-11-23 11:51:20 +01:00
timeconv.c time: Improve performance of time64_to_tm() 2021-06-24 11:51:59 +02:00
timecounter.c time/timecounter: Mark 1st argument of timecounter_cyc2time() as const 2021-04-16 21:03:50 +02:00
timekeeping_debug.c timekeeping/debug: No need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-01-29 20:08:41 +01:00
timekeeping_internal.h timekeeping/vsyscall: Provide vdso_update_begin/end() 2020-08-06 10:57:30 +02:00
timekeeping.c ntp: Make sure RTC is synchronized when time goes backwards 2024-09-10 13:50:40 +02:00
timekeeping.h asm-generic: cross-architecture timer cleanup 2020-12-16 00:07:17 -08:00
timer_list.c tick: Split nohz and highres features from nohz_mode 2024-02-26 11:37:32 +01:00
timer_migration.c timers/migration: Fix grammar in comment 2024-07-22 18:03:34 +02:00
timer_migration.h timers/migration: Rename childmask by groupmask to make naming more obvious 2024-07-22 18:03:34 +02:00
timer.c treewide: Fix wrong singular form of jiffies in comments 2024-09-08 20:47:40 +02:00
vsyscall.c vdso: Add vdso_data:: Max_cycles 2024-04-08 15:03:07 +02:00