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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2007-02-16 01:27:43 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-16 08:13:57 -0800
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[PATCH] clocksource: Add verification (watchdog) helper
The TSC needs to be verified against another clocksource. Instead of using hardwired assumptions of available hardware, provide a generic verification mechanism. The verification uses the best available clocksource and handles the usability for high resolution timers / dynticks of the clocksource which needs to be verified. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/timer.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/timer.c45
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 4b088fcadb3f..b68a21a82e17 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -832,30 +832,33 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_settimeofday);
*
* Accumulates current time interval and initializes new clocksource
*/
-static int change_clocksource(void)
+static void change_clocksource(void)
{
struct clocksource *new;
cycle_t now;
u64 nsec;
+
new = clocksource_get_next();
- if (clock != new) {
- now = clocksource_read(new);
- nsec = __get_nsec_offset();
- timespec_add_ns(&xtime, nsec);
-
- clock = new;
- clock->cycle_last = now;
- printk(KERN_INFO "Time: %s clocksource has been installed.\n",
- clock->name);
- return 1;
- }
- return 0;
+
+ if (clock == new)
+ return;
+
+ now = clocksource_read(new);
+ nsec = __get_nsec_offset();
+ timespec_add_ns(&xtime, nsec);
+
+ clock = new;
+ clock->cycle_last = now;
+
+ clock->error = 0;
+ clock->xtime_nsec = 0;
+ clocksource_calculate_interval(clock, NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH);
+
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Time: %s clocksource has been installed.\n",
+ clock->name);
}
#else
-static inline int change_clocksource(void)
-{
- return 0;
-}
+static inline void change_clocksource(void) { }
#endif
/**
@@ -869,7 +872,7 @@ int timekeeping_is_continuous(void)
do {
seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
- ret = clock->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS;
+ ret = clock->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES;
} while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
@@ -1124,11 +1127,7 @@ static void update_wall_time(void)
clock->xtime_nsec -= (s64)xtime.tv_nsec << clock->shift;
/* check to see if there is a new clocksource to use */
- if (change_clocksource()) {
- clock->error = 0;
- clock->xtime_nsec = 0;
- clocksource_calculate_interval(clock, NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH);
- }
+ change_clocksource();
}
/*