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-rw-r--r--qga/commands-posix.c37
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index cae41716ca..91885604c4 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int64_t qmp_guest_get_time(Error **errp)
return time_ns;
}
-void qmp_guest_set_time(int64_t time_ns, Error **errp)
+void qmp_guest_set_time(bool has_time, int64_t time_ns, Error **errp)
{
int ret;
int status;
@@ -150,22 +150,28 @@ void qmp_guest_set_time(int64_t time_ns, Error **errp)
Error *local_err = NULL;
struct timeval tv;
- /* year-2038 will overflow in case time_t is 32bit */
- if (time_ns / 1000000000 != (time_t)(time_ns / 1000000000)) {
- error_setg(errp, "Time %" PRId64 " is too large", time_ns);
- return;
- }
+ /* If user has passed a time, validate and set it. */
+ if (has_time) {
+ /* year-2038 will overflow in case time_t is 32bit */
+ if (time_ns / 1000000000 != (time_t)(time_ns / 1000000000)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Time %" PRId64 " is too large", time_ns);
+ return;
+ }
- tv.tv_sec = time_ns / 1000000000;
- tv.tv_usec = (time_ns % 1000000000) / 1000;
+ tv.tv_sec = time_ns / 1000000000;
+ tv.tv_usec = (time_ns % 1000000000) / 1000;
- ret = settimeofday(&tv, NULL);
- if (ret < 0) {
- error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to set time to guest");
- return;
+ ret = settimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to set time to guest");
+ return;
+ }
}
- /* Set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time. */
+ /* Now, if user has passed a time to set and the system time is set, we
+ * just need to synchronize the hardware clock. However, if no time was
+ * passed, user is requesting the opposite: set the system time from the
+ * hardware clock. */
pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
setsid();
@@ -173,7 +179,10 @@ void qmp_guest_set_time(int64_t time_ns, Error **errp)
reopen_fd_to_null(1);
reopen_fd_to_null(2);
- execle("/sbin/hwclock", "hwclock", "-w", NULL, environ);
+ /* Use '/sbin/hwclock -w' to set RTC from the system time,
+ * or '/sbin/hwclock -s' to set the system time from RTC. */
+ execle("/sbin/hwclock", "hwclock", has_time ? "-w" : "-s",
+ NULL, environ);
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
} else if (pid < 0) {
error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "failed to create child process");