1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index a693270efafb..0aef92a0a701 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -676,6 +676,36 @@ time64_t ktime_get_seconds(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get_seconds);
 
+/**
+ * ktime_get_real_seconds - Get the seconds portion of CLOCK_REALTIME
+ *
+ * Returns the wall clock seconds since 1970. This replaces the
+ * get_seconds() interface which is not y2038 safe on 32bit systems.
+ *
+ * For 64bit systems the fast access to tk->xtime_sec is preserved. On
+ * 32bit systems the access must be protected with the sequence
+ * counter to provide "atomic" access to the 64bit tk->xtime_sec
+ * value.
+ */
+time64_t ktime_get_real_seconds(void)
+{
+	struct timekeeper *tk = &tk_core.timekeeper;
+	time64_t seconds;
+	unsigned int seq;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT))
+		return tk->xtime_sec;
+
+	do {
+		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&tk_core.seq);
+		seconds = tk->xtime_sec;
+
+	} while (read_seqcount_retry(&tk_core.seq, seq));
+
+	return seconds;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ktime_get_real_seconds);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NTP_PPS
 
 /**