The time obtained by local_clock() is the local CPU time, which may drift between CPUs and is not suitable for comparison across CPUs. It is possible for allocation and free to occur on different CPUs, and using local_clock() to record timestamps may cause confusion. ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() is based on clock sources and can be used reliably and accurately for comparison across CPUs. Signed-off-by: Juntong Deng <juntong.deng@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/kfence/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c index 3872528d0963..041c03394193 100644 --- a/mm/kfence/core.c +++ b/mm/kfence/core.c @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ metadata_update_state(struct kfence_metadata *meta, enum kfence_object_state nex track->num_stack_entries = num_stack_entries; track->pid = task_pid_nr(current); track->cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); - track->ts_nsec = local_clock(); /* Same source as printk timestamps. */ + track->ts_nsec = ktime_get_boot_fast_ns(); /* * Pairs with READ_ONCE() in -- 2.39.2
