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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timekeeping.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index cb738f825c12..30d7f64ffc87 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1503,14 +1503,17 @@ void __weak read_persistent_clock64(struct timespec64 *ts64)
* Weak dummy function for arches that do not yet support it.
* wall_time - current time as returned by persistent clock
* boot_offset - offset that is defined as wall_time - boot_time
- * default to 0.
+ * The default function calculates offset based on the current value of
+ * local_clock(). This way architectures that support sched_clock() but don't
+ * support dedicated boot time clock will provide the best estimate of the
+ * boot time.
*/
void __weak __init
read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset(struct timespec64 *wall_time,
struct timespec64 *boot_offset)
{
read_persistent_clock64(wall_time);
- *boot_offset = (struct timespec64){0};
+ *boot_offset = ns_to_timespec64(local_clock());
}
/* Flag for if timekeeping_resume() has injected sleeptime */
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