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Commit 88e0fe62 authored by Pavlin Radoslavov's avatar Pavlin Radoslavov
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Add extra log if timer_create(CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM) fails 

Add explicit log messages if timer_create(CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM)
fails. The most likely reason is the kernel doesn't have
the appropriate patches.

Bug: 25739638
Change-Id: Icbeaa965d729ba11dfb7cfbb6185b1655b3c6de4
parent 562f044b

system/osi/src/alarm.c

+4 −0
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@@ -659,6 +659,10 @@ static bool timer_create_internal(const clockid_t clock_id, timer_t *timer) { 
  if (timer_create(clock_id, &sigevent, timer) == -1) {

    LOG_ERROR(LOG_TAG, "%s unable to create timer with clock %d: %s",

              __func__, clock_id, strerror(errno));

    if (clock_id == CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM) {

      LOG_ERROR(LOG_TAG, "The kernel might not have support for timer_create(CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM): https://lwn.net/Articles/429925/");

      LOG_ERROR(LOG_TAG, "See following patches: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=grep&q=CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM");

    }

    return false;

  }