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-rw-r--r--ext/clogger_ext/clogger.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ext/clogger_ext/clogger.c b/ext/clogger_ext/clogger.c
index 7989472..23aea39 100644
--- a/ext/clogger_ext/clogger.c
+++ b/ext/clogger_ext/clogger.c
@@ -475,9 +475,21 @@ static void append_request_length(struct clogger *c)
         }
 }
 
+/*
+ * time(2) may slip backwards, so use CLOCK_REALTIME for accuracy
+ * https://lore.kernel.org/git/20230319064353.686226-3-eggert@cs.ucla.edu/T/
+ */
+static time_t cur_time(void)
+{
+        struct timespec now;
+
+        (void)clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &now);
+        return now.tv_sec;
+}
+
 static long local_gmtoffset(struct tm *tm)
 {
-        time_t t = time(NULL);
+        time_t t = cur_time();
 
         tzset();
         localtime_r(&t, tm);
@@ -537,7 +549,7 @@ static void append_time_utc(struct clogger *c)
         char buf[sizeof("01/Jan/1970:00:00:00 +0000")];
         struct tm tm;
         int nr;
-        time_t t = time(NULL);
+        time_t t = cur_time();
 
         gmtime_r(&t, &tm);
         nr = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
@@ -556,7 +568,7 @@ append_time(struct clogger *c, enum clogger_opcode op, VALUE fmt, VALUE buf)
         size_t buf_size = RSTRING_LEN(buf) + 1; /* "\0" */
         size_t nr;
         struct tm tmp;
-        time_t t = time(NULL);
+        time_t t = cur_time();
 
         if (op == CL_OP_TIME_LOCAL)
                 localtime_r(&t, &tmp);