resolved: apply epoch to system time from PID 1

For use in timesyncd we already defined a compile-time "epoch" value, which is based on the mtime of the NEWS file, and
specifies a point in time we know lies in the past at runtime. timesyncd uses this to filter out nonsensical timestamp
file data, and bump the system clock to a time that is after the build time of systemd. This patch adds similar bumping
code to earliest PID 1 initialization, so that the system never continues operation with a clock that is in the 1970ies
or even 1930s.

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/basic/clock-util.c b/src/basic/clock-util.c
index 05788a360e..c64b2e5e8c 100644
--- a/src/basic/clock-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/clock-util.c
@@ -146,3 +146,17 @@ int clock_reset_timewarp(void) {
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+#define TIME_EPOCH_USEC ((usec_t) TIME_EPOCH * USEC_PER_SEC)
+
+int clock_apply_epoch(void) {
+        struct timespec ts;
+
+        if (now(CLOCK_REALTIME) >= TIME_EPOCH_USEC)
+                return 0;
+
+        if (clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME, timespec_store(&ts, TIME_EPOCH_USEC)) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        return 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/clock-util.h b/src/basic/clock-util.h
index fef2d471a6..09d46758f4 100644
--- a/src/basic/clock-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/clock-util.h
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ int clock_set_timezone(int *min);
 int clock_reset_timewarp(void);
 int clock_get_hwclock(struct tm *tm);
 int clock_set_hwclock(const struct tm *tm);
+int clock_apply_epoch(void);