3 files changed, 28 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
index a94ec48587b4..6bff1a1d9060 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/time.c
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 	tod_to_timeval(get_clock() - TOD_UNIX_EPOCH, ts);
 }
 
+void read_boot_clock(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	tod_to_timeval(sched_clock_base_cc - TOD_UNIX_EPOCH, ts);
+}
+
 static cycle_t read_tod_clock(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
 	return get_clock();
@@ -243,9 +248,6 @@ void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
  */
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
-	struct timespec ts;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
 	/* Reset time synchronization interfaces. */
 	etr_reset();
 	stp_reset();
@@ -261,15 +263,6 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 	if (clocksource_register(&clocksource_tod) != 0)
 		panic("Could not register TOD clock source");
 
-	/*
-	 * Reset wall_to_monotonic to the initial timestamp created
-	 * in head.S to get a precise value in /proc/uptime.
-	 */
-	write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
-	tod_to_timeval(sched_clock_base_cc - TOD_UNIX_EPOCH, &ts);
-	set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic, -ts.tv_sec, -ts.tv_nsec);
-	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
-
 	/* Enable TOD clock interrupts on the boot cpu. */
 	init_cpu_timer();
 
diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index 53a3216f0d1b..f505988398e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ extern struct timespec wall_to_monotonic;
 extern seqlock_t xtime_lock;
 
 extern void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts);
+extern void read_boot_clock(struct timespec *ts);
 extern int update_persistent_clock(struct timespec now);
 extern int no_sync_cmos_clock __read_mostly;
 void timekeeping_init(void);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index f1a21ce491e6..15e06defca55 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -501,6 +501,21 @@ void __attribute__((weak)) read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 	ts->tv_nsec = 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * read_boot_clock -  Return time of the system start.
+ *
+ * Weak dummy function for arches that do not yet support it.
+ * Function to read the exact time the system has been started.
+ * Returns a timespec with tv_sec=0 and tv_nsec=0 if unsupported.
+ *
+ *  XXX - Do be sure to remove it once all arches implement it.
+ */
+void __attribute__((weak)) read_boot_clock(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	ts->tv_sec = 0;
+	ts->tv_nsec = 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * timekeeping_init - Initializes the clocksource and common timekeeping values
  */
@@ -508,9 +523,10 @@ void __init timekeeping_init(void)
 {
 	struct clocksource *clock;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct timespec now;
+	struct timespec now, boot;
 
 	read_persistent_clock(&now);
+	read_boot_clock(&boot);
 
 	write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
 
@@ -525,8 +541,12 @@ void __init timekeeping_init(void)
 	xtime.tv_nsec = now.tv_nsec;
 	raw_time.tv_sec = 0;
 	raw_time.tv_nsec = 0;
+	if (boot.tv_sec == 0 && boot.tv_nsec == 0) {
+		boot.tv_sec = xtime.tv_sec;
+		boot.tv_nsec = xtime.tv_nsec;
+	}
 	set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic,
-		-xtime.tv_sec, -xtime.tv_nsec);
+				-boot.tv_sec, -boot.tv_nsec);
 	update_xtime_cache(0);
 	total_sleep_time.tv_sec = 0;
 	total_sleep_time.tv_nsec = 0;