On Tue, 2017-07-18 at 10:25 -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote: > Go directly to the rtc for persistent wall clock time and print. > Useful if REALTIME is required to be logged in a low level power > management function or when clock activities are suspended. An > aid to permit user space alignment of kernel activities. [] > diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h [] > @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ extern int rtc_year_days(unsigned int day, unsigned int month, unsigned int year > extern int rtc_valid_tm(struct rtc_time *tm); > extern time64_t rtc_tm_to_time64(struct rtc_time *tm); > extern void rtc_time64_to_tm(time64_t time, struct rtc_time *tm); > +#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_SHOW_TIME > +extern void rtc_show_time(const char *prefix_msg); > +#else > +#define rtc_show_time(prefix_msg) It's generally better to use a static inline to avoid misuses in newly added code in the !CONFIG_RTC_SHOW_TIME compile path when CONFIG_RTC_SHOW_TIME may not be compiled. static inline void rtc_show_time(const char *prefix_msg) { }