Re: [PATCH] ntdll: Fix tick count calculation on Linux and Mac.

[Chip Davis]

November 25, 2019 2:54 AM, "Huw Davies"  wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 07:39:58PM -0600, Chip Davis wrote:
> > Based on a patch by Andrew Eikum.
> >
> > Linux's CLOCK_MONOTONIC(_RAW) and macOS's mach_absolute_time all stop
> > counting when the computer goes to sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc. However,
> > Windows's GetTickCount does not stop counting. Linux's CLOCK_BOOTTIME
> > matches Windows's behavior, as does macOS's mach_continuous_time.
>
> However, CLOCK_BOOTTIME is changed by adjtime(3) which GetTickCount()
> shouldn't be. I guess what we really want is a CLOCK_BOOTTIME_RAW...

So there's currently no clock on Linux that does exactly what we want? That's just grand...

Chip