Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: Apparent backward time travel in timestamps on file creation | Date | Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:35:28 +0100 |
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> The difference can be quite noticeable - basically the > "gettimeofday()" time will interpolate within timer ticks, while > "xtime" is just the truncated "time at timer tick" value _without_ the > correction.
Is there any way to determine the error bar, do you know? Or do I just make up a fudge factor?
Obviously the filesystem truncation would need to be taken into account (and this can be different for different timestamps within the same filesystem).
David
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