Replace time.time with time.monotonic to avoid clock drift issues

Using time.time() can be inaccurate if the system clock gets
updated in between calls.

Author: correctmost

archinstall/lib/installer.py

@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ def _verify_service_stop(self, offline: bool, skip_ntp: bool, skip_wkd: bool) ->
 		if not skip_ntp:
 			info(tr('Waiting for time sync (timedatectl show) to complete.'))
 
-			started_wait = time.time()
+			started_wait = time.monotonic()
 			notified = False
 			while True:
-				if not notified and time.time() - started_wait > 5:
+				if not notified and time.monotonic() - started_wait > 5:
 					notified = True
 					warn(tr('Time synchronization not completing, while you wait - check the docs for workarounds: https://archinstall.readthedocs.io/'))
 

archinstall/lib/networking.py

@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ def __enter__(self) -> Self:
 			self.previous_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.raise_timeout)  # type: ignore[assignment]
 			self.previous_timer = signal.alarm(self.timeout)
 
-		self.start_time = time.time()
+		self.start_time = time.monotonic()
 		return self
 
 	def __exit__(self, exc_type: type[BaseException] | None, exc_value: BaseException | None, traceback: TracebackType | None) -> None:
 		if self.start_time:
-			time_delta = time.time() - self.start_time
+			time_delta = time.monotonic() - self.start_time
 			signal.alarm(0)
 			self.time = time_delta
 			if self.timeout > 0:
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def build_icmp(payload: bytes) -> bytes:
 
 def ping(hostname: str, timeout: int = 5) -> int:
 	watchdog = select.epoll()
-	started = time.time()
+	started = time.monotonic()
 	random_identifier = f'archinstall-{random.randint(1000, 9999)}'.encode()
 
 	# Create a raw socket (requires root, which should be fine on archiso)
@@ -180,15 +180,15 @@ def ping(hostname: str, timeout: int = 5) -> int:
 
 	# Gracefully wait for X amount of time
 	# for a ICMP response or exit with no latency
-	while latency == -1 and time.time() - started < timeout:
+	while latency == -1 and time.monotonic() - started < timeout:
 		try:
 			for _fileno, _event in watchdog.poll(0.1):
 				response, _ = icmp_socket.recvfrom(1024)
 				icmp_type = struct.unpack('!B', response[20:21])[0]
 
 				# Check if it's an Echo Reply (ICMP type 0)
 				if icmp_type == 0 and response[-len(random_identifier) :] == random_identifier:
-					latency = round((time.time() - started) * 1000)
+					latency = round((time.monotonic() - started) * 1000)
 					break
 		except OSError as e:
 			debug(f'Error: {e}')

archinstall/lib/pacman/pacman.py

@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ def run(args: str, default_cmd: str = 'pacman') -> SysCommand:
 		if pacman_db_lock.exists():
 			warn(tr('Pacman is already running, waiting maximum 10 minutes for it to terminate.'))
 
-		started = time.time()
+		started = time.monotonic()
 		while pacman_db_lock.exists():
 			time.sleep(0.25)
 
-			if time.time() - started > (60 * 10):
+			if time.monotonic() - started > (60 * 10):
 				error(tr('Pre-existing pacman lock never exited. Please clean up any existing pacman sessions before using archinstall.'))
 				sys.exit(1)