2007-01-31 03:39:24

by Daniel Walker

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Subject: [PATCH 06/23] timekeeping: create kernel/time/timekeeping.c

Move the generic timekeeping code from kernel/timer.c to
kernel/time/timekeeping.c . This requires some glue code which is
added to the include/linux/timekeeping.h header.

I tried to be as careful as possible in picking up recent changes to
the timekeeping code. This patches is on top of -mm , and moves all
the changes included in -mm.

This is also moving do_timer and the load calculation code which was
connect to the timekeeping code. Moving it provided for slightly better
compiler optimization.

Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <[email protected]>

---
include/linux/clocksource.h | 3
include/linux/timekeeping.h | 13
kernel/time/Makefile | 2
kernel/time/clocksource.c | 3
kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 711 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/timer.c | 694 ------------------------------------------
6 files changed, 729 insertions(+), 697 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.19/include/linux/clocksource.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ linux-2.6.19/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
/* clocksource cycle base type */
typedef u64 cycle_t;

+/* XXX - Would like a better way for initializing curr_clocksource */
+extern struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies;
+
/**
* struct clocksource - hardware abstraction for a free running counter
* Provides mostly state-free accessors to the underlying hardware.
Index: linux-2.6.19/include/linux/timekeeping.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.19/include/linux/timekeeping.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_TIMEKEEPING_H
+#define _LINUX_TIMEKEEPING_H
+
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
+static inline int change_clocksource(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif /* !CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME */
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_TIMEKEEPING_H */
Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/kernel/time/Makefile
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-obj-y += ntp.o clocksource.o jiffies.o timer_list.o
+obj-y += ntp.o clocksource.o jiffies.o timer_list.o timekeeping.o

obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS) += clockevents.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS) += tick-common.o
Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/clocksource.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>

-/* XXX - Would like a better way for initializing curr_clocksource */
-extern struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies;
-
/*[Clocksource internal variables]---------
* curr_clocksource:
* currently selected clocksource. Initialized to clocksource_jiffies.
Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -0,0 +1,711 @@
+/*
+ * linux/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+ *
+ * timekeeping functions
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/timekeeping.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
+
+/*
+ * The current time
+ * wall_to_monotonic is what we need to add to xtime (or xtime corrected
+ * for sub jiffie times) to get to monotonic time. Monotonic is pegged
+ * at zero at system boot time, so wall_to_monotonic will be negative,
+ * however, we will ALWAYS keep the tv_nsec part positive so we can use
+ * the usual normalization.
+ */
+struct timespec xtime __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
+struct timespec wall_to_monotonic __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xtime);
+
+/*
+ * flag for if timekeeping is suspended
+ */
+static int timekeeping_suspended;
+
+/*
+ * time in seconds when suspend began
+ */
+static unsigned long timekeeping_suspend_time;
+
+/*
+ * Clock used for timekeeping
+ */
+struct clocksource *clock = &clocksource_jiffies;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
+/**
+ * __get_nsec_offset - Returns nanoseconds since last call to periodic_hook
+ *
+ * private function, must hold xtime_lock lock when being
+ * called. Returns the number of nanoseconds since the
+ * last call to update_wall_time() (adjusted by NTP scaling)
+ */
+static inline s64 __get_nsec_offset(void)
+{
+ cycle_t cycle_now, cycle_delta;
+ s64 ns_offset;
+
+ /* read clocksource: */
+ cycle_now = clocksource_read(clock);
+
+ /* calculate the delta since the last update_wall_time: */
+ cycle_delta = (cycle_now - clock->cycle_last) & clock->mask;
+
+ /* convert to nanoseconds: */
+ ns_offset = cyc2ns(clock, cycle_delta);
+
+ return ns_offset;
+}
+
+/**
+ * __get_realtime_clock_ts - Returns the time of day in a timespec
+ * @ts: pointer to the timespec to be set
+ *
+ * Returns the time of day in a timespec. Used by
+ * do_gettimeofday() and get_realtime_clock_ts().
+ */
+static inline void __get_realtime_clock_ts(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+ unsigned long seq;
+ s64 nsecs;
+
+ do {
+ seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
+
+ *ts = xtime;
+ nsecs = __get_nsec_offset();
+
+ } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
+
+ timespec_add_ns(ts, nsecs);
+}
+
+/**
+ * getnstimeofday - Returns the time of day in a timespec
+ * @ts: pointer to the timespec to be set
+ *
+ * Returns the time of day in a timespec.
+ */
+void getnstimeofday(struct timespec *ts)
+{
+ __get_realtime_clock_ts(ts);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(getnstimeofday);
+
+/**
+ * do_gettimeofday - Returns the time of day in a timeval
+ * @tv: pointer to the timeval to be set
+ *
+ * NOTE: Users should be converted to using get_realtime_clock_ts()
+ */
+void do_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv)
+{
+ struct timespec now;
+
+ __get_realtime_clock_ts(&now);
+ tv->tv_sec = now.tv_sec;
+ tv->tv_usec = now.tv_nsec/1000;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_gettimeofday);
+/**
+ * do_settimeofday - Sets the time of day
+ * @tv: pointer to the timespec variable containing the new time
+ *
+ * Sets the time of day to the new time and update NTP and notify hrtimers
+ */
+int do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ time_t wtm_sec, sec = tv->tv_sec;
+ long wtm_nsec, nsec = tv->tv_nsec;
+
+ if ((unsigned long)tv->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
+
+ nsec -= __get_nsec_offset();
+
+ wtm_sec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec + (xtime.tv_sec - sec);
+ wtm_nsec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec + (xtime.tv_nsec - nsec);
+
+ set_normalized_timespec(&xtime, sec, nsec);
+ set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic, wtm_sec, wtm_nsec);
+
+ clock->error = 0;
+ ntp_clear();
+
+ write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
+
+ /* signal hrtimers about time change */
+ clock_was_set();
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_settimeofday);
+
+/**
+ * change_clocksource - Swaps clocksources if a new one is available
+ *
+ * Accumulates current time interval and initializes new clocksource
+ */
+static int 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;
+ } else if (clock->update_callback) {
+ return clock->update_callback();
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * timeofday_is_continuous - check to see if timekeeping is free running
+ */
+int timekeeping_is_continuous(void)
+{
+ unsigned long seq;
+ int ret;
+
+ do {
+ seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
+
+ ret = clock->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS;
+
+ } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
+
+ return ret;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME */
+
+/**
+ * read_persistent_clock - Return time in seconds from the persistent clock.
+ *
+ * Weak dummy function for arches that do not yet support it.
+ * Returns seconds from epoch using the battery backed persistent clock.
+ * Returns zero if unsupported.
+ *
+ * XXX - Do be sure to remove it once all arches implement it.
+ */
+unsigned long __attribute__((weak)) read_persistent_clock(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * timekeeping_init - Initializes the clocksource and common timekeeping values
+ */
+void __init timekeeping_init(void)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ unsigned long sec = read_persistent_clock();
+
+ write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
+
+ ntp_clear();
+
+ clock = clocksource_get_next();
+ clocksource_calculate_interval(clock, NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH);
+ clock->cycle_last = clocksource_read(clock);
+
+ xtime.tv_sec = sec;
+ xtime.tv_nsec = 0;
+ set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic,
+ -xtime.tv_sec, -xtime.tv_nsec);
+
+ write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
+}
+
+
+/* flag for if timekeeping is suspended */
+static int timekeeping_suspended;
+/* time in seconds when suspend began */
+static unsigned long timekeeping_suspend_time;
+
+/**
+ * timekeeping_resume - Resumes the generic timekeeping subsystem.
+ * @dev: unused
+ *
+ * This is for the generic clocksource timekeeping.
+ * xtime/wall_to_monotonic/jiffies/etc are
+ * still managed by arch specific suspend/resume code.
+ */
+static int timekeeping_resume(struct sys_device *dev)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ unsigned long now = read_persistent_clock();
+
+ write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
+
+ if (now && (now > timekeeping_suspend_time)) {
+ unsigned long sleep_length = now - timekeeping_suspend_time;
+ xtime.tv_sec += sleep_length;
+ jiffies_64 += (u64)sleep_length * HZ;
+ }
+ /* re-base the last cycle value */
+ clock->cycle_last = clocksource_read(clock);
+ clock->error = 0;
+ timekeeping_suspended = 0;
+ write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
+
+ clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_RESUME, NULL);
+ /* Resume hrtimers */
+ clock_was_set();
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int timekeeping_suspend(struct sys_device *dev, pm_message_t state)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
+ timekeeping_suspended = 1;
+ timekeeping_suspend_time = read_persistent_clock();
+ write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* sysfs resume/suspend bits for timekeeping */
+static struct sysdev_class timekeeping_sysclass = {
+ .resume = timekeeping_resume,
+ .suspend = timekeeping_suspend,
+ set_kset_name("timekeeping"),
+};
+
+static struct sys_device device_timer = {
+ .id = 0,
+ .cls = &timekeeping_sysclass,
+};
+
+static int __init timekeeping_init_device(void)
+{
+ int error = sysdev_class_register(&timekeeping_sysclass);
+ if (!error)
+ error = sysdev_register(&device_timer);
+ return error;
+}
+
+device_initcall(timekeeping_init_device);
+
+/*
+ * If the error is already larger, we look ahead even further
+ * to compensate for late or lost adjustments.
+ */
+static __always_inline int clocksource_bigadjust(s64 error, s64 *interval,
+ s64 *offset)
+{
+ s64 tick_error, i;
+ u32 look_ahead, adj;
+ s32 error2, mult;
+
+ /*
+ * Use the current error value to determine how much to look ahead.
+ * The larger the error the slower we adjust for it to avoid problems
+ * with losing too many ticks, otherwise we would overadjust and
+ * produce an even larger error. The smaller the adjustment the
+ * faster we try to adjust for it, as lost ticks can do less harm
+ * here. This is tuned so that an error of about 1 msec is adusted
+ * within about 1 sec (or 2^20 nsec in 2^SHIFT_HZ ticks).
+ */
+ error2 = clock->error >> (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT + 22 - 2 * SHIFT_HZ);
+ error2 = abs(error2);
+ for (look_ahead = 0; error2 > 0; look_ahead++)
+ error2 >>= 2;
+
+ /*
+ * Now calculate the error in (1 << look_ahead) ticks, but first
+ * remove the single look ahead already included in the error.
+ */
+ tick_error = current_tick_length() >>
+ (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift + 1);
+ tick_error -= clock->xtime_interval >> 1;
+ error = ((error - tick_error) >> look_ahead) + tick_error;
+
+ /* Finally calculate the adjustment shift value. */
+ i = *interval;
+ mult = 1;
+ if (error < 0) {
+ error = -error;
+ *interval = -*interval;
+ *offset = -*offset;
+ mult = -1;
+ }
+ for (adj = 0; error > i; adj++)
+ error >>= 1;
+
+ *interval <<= adj;
+ *offset <<= adj;
+ return mult << adj;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Adjust the multiplier to reduce the error value,
+ * this is optimized for the most common adjustments of -1,0,1,
+ * for other values we can do a bit more work.
+ */
+static void clocksource_adjust(struct clocksource *clock, s64 offset)
+{
+ s64 error, interval = clock->cycle_interval;
+ int adj;
+
+ error = clock->error >> (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift - 1);
+ if (error > interval) {
+ error >>= 2;
+ if (likely(error <= interval))
+ adj = 1;
+ else
+ adj = clocksource_bigadjust(error, &interval, &offset);
+ } else if (error < -interval) {
+ error >>= 2;
+ if (likely(error >= -interval)) {
+ adj = -1;
+ interval = -interval;
+ offset = -offset;
+ } else
+ adj = clocksource_bigadjust(error, &interval, &offset);
+ } else
+ return;
+
+ clock->mult += adj;
+ clock->xtime_interval += interval;
+ clock->xtime_nsec -= offset;
+ clock->error -= (interval - offset) <<
+ (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift);
+}
+
+/**
+ * update_wall_time - Uses the current clocksource to increment the wall time
+ *
+ * Called from the timer interrupt, must hold a write on xtime_lock.
+ */
+static inline void update_wall_time(void)
+{
+ cycle_t offset;
+
+ /* Make sure we're fully resumed: */
+ if (unlikely(timekeeping_suspended))
+ return;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
+ offset = (clocksource_read(clock) - clock->cycle_last) & clock->mask;
+#else
+ offset = clock->cycle_interval;
+#endif
+ clock->xtime_nsec += (s64)xtime.tv_nsec << clock->shift;
+
+ /* normally this loop will run just once, however in the
+ * case of lost or late ticks, it will accumulate correctly.
+ */
+ while (offset >= clock->cycle_interval) {
+ /* accumulate one interval */
+ clock->xtime_nsec += clock->xtime_interval;
+ clock->cycle_last += clock->cycle_interval;
+ offset -= clock->cycle_interval;
+
+ if (clock->xtime_nsec >= (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << clock->shift) {
+ clock->xtime_nsec -= (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << clock->shift;
+ xtime.tv_sec++;
+ second_overflow();
+ }
+
+ /* interpolator bits */
+ time_interpolator_update(clock->xtime_interval
+ >> clock->shift);
+
+ /* accumulate error between NTP and clock interval */
+ clock->error += current_tick_length();
+ clock->error -= clock->xtime_interval << (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift);
+ }
+
+ /* correct the clock when NTP error is too big */
+ clocksource_adjust(clock, offset);
+
+ /* store full nanoseconds into xtime */
+ xtime.tv_nsec = (s64)clock->xtime_nsec >> clock->shift;
+ 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;
+ tick_clock_notify();
+ clocksource_calculate_interval(clock, NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH);
+ }
+ update_vsyscall(&xtime, clock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Nr of active tasks - counted in fixed-point numbers
+ */
+static unsigned long count_active_tasks(void)
+{
+ return nr_active() * FIXED_1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Hmm.. Changed this, as the GNU make sources (load.c) seems to
+ * imply that avenrun[] is the standard name for this kind of thing.
+ * Nothing else seems to be standardized: the fractional size etc
+ * all seem to differ on different machines.
+ *
+ * Requires xtime_lock to access.
+ */
+unsigned long avenrun[3];
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(avenrun);
+
+/*
+ * calc_load - given tick count, update the avenrun load estimates.
+ * This is called while holding a write_lock on xtime_lock.
+ */
+static inline void calc_load(unsigned long ticks)
+{
+ unsigned long active_tasks; /* fixed-point */
+ static int count = LOAD_FREQ;
+
+ count -= ticks;
+ if (unlikely(count < 0)) {
+ active_tasks = count_active_tasks();
+ do {
+ CALC_LOAD(avenrun[0], EXP_1, active_tasks);
+ CALC_LOAD(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active_tasks);
+ CALC_LOAD(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active_tasks);
+ count += LOAD_FREQ;
+ } while (count < 0);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called by the timer interrupt. xtime_lock must already be taken
+ * by the timer IRQ!
+ */
+static inline void update_times(unsigned long ticks)
+{
+ update_wall_time();
+ calc_load(ticks);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The 64-bit jiffies value is not atomic - you MUST NOT read it
+ * without sampling the sequence number in xtime_lock.
+ * jiffies is defined in the linker script...
+ */
+
+void do_timer(unsigned long ticks)
+{
+ jiffies_64 += ticks;
+ update_times(ticks);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION
+
+struct time_interpolator *time_interpolator __read_mostly;
+static struct time_interpolator *time_interpolator_list __read_mostly;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(time_interpolator_lock);
+
+static inline cycles_t time_interpolator_get_cycles(unsigned int src)
+{
+ unsigned long (*x)(void);
+
+ switch (src)
+ {
+ case TIME_SOURCE_FUNCTION:
+ x = time_interpolator->addr;
+ return x();
+
+ case TIME_SOURCE_MMIO64 :
+ return readq_relaxed((void __iomem *)time_interpolator->addr);
+
+ case TIME_SOURCE_MMIO32 :
+ return readl_relaxed((void __iomem *)time_interpolator->addr);
+
+ default: return get_cycles();
+ }
+}
+
+static inline u64 time_interpolator_get_counter(int writelock)
+{
+ unsigned int src = time_interpolator->source;
+
+ if (time_interpolator->jitter)
+ {
+ cycles_t lcycle;
+ cycles_t now;
+
+ do {
+ lcycle = time_interpolator->last_cycle;
+ now = time_interpolator_get_cycles(src);
+ if (lcycle && time_after(lcycle, now))
+ return lcycle;
+
+ /* When holding the xtime write lock, there's no need
+ * to add the overhead of the cmpxchg. Readers are
+ * force to retry until the write lock is released.
+ */
+ if (writelock) {
+ time_interpolator->last_cycle = now;
+ return now;
+ }
+ /* Keep track of the last timer value returned. The use of cmpxchg here
+ * will cause contention in an SMP environment.
+ */
+ } while (unlikely(cmpxchg(&time_interpolator->last_cycle, lcycle, now) != lcycle));
+ return now;
+ }
+ else
+ return time_interpolator_get_cycles(src);
+}
+
+void time_interpolator_reset(void)
+{
+ time_interpolator->offset = 0;
+ time_interpolator->last_counter = time_interpolator_get_counter(1);
+}
+
+#define GET_TI_NSECS(count,i) (((((count) - i->last_counter) & (i)->mask) * (i)->nsec_per_cyc) >> (i)->shift)
+
+unsigned long time_interpolator_get_offset(void)
+{
+ /* If we do not have a time interpolator set up then just return zero */
+ if (!time_interpolator)
+ return 0;
+
+ return time_interpolator->offset +
+ GET_TI_NSECS(time_interpolator_get_counter(0), time_interpolator);
+}
+
+#define INTERPOLATOR_ADJUST 65536
+#define INTERPOLATOR_MAX_SKIP 10*INTERPOLATOR_ADJUST
+
+void time_interpolator_update(long delta_nsec)
+{
+ u64 counter;
+ unsigned long offset;
+
+ /* If there is no time interpolator set up then do nothing */
+ if (!time_interpolator)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * The interpolator compensates for late ticks by accumulating the late
+ * time in time_interpolator->offset. A tick earlier than expected will
+ * lead to a reset of the offset and a corresponding jump of the clock
+ * forward. Again this only works if the interpolator clock is running
+ * slightly slower than the regular clock and the tuning logic insures
+ * that.
+ */
+
+ counter = time_interpolator_get_counter(1);
+ offset = time_interpolator->offset +
+ GET_TI_NSECS(counter, time_interpolator);
+
+ if (delta_nsec < 0 || (unsigned long) delta_nsec < offset)
+ time_interpolator->offset = offset - delta_nsec;
+ else {
+ time_interpolator->skips++;
+ time_interpolator->ns_skipped += delta_nsec - offset;
+ time_interpolator->offset = 0;
+ }
+ time_interpolator->last_counter = counter;
+
+ /* Tuning logic for time interpolator invoked every minute or so.
+ * Decrease interpolator clock speed if no skips occurred and an offset is carried.
+ * Increase interpolator clock speed if we skip too much time.
+ */
+ if (jiffies % INTERPOLATOR_ADJUST == 0)
+ {
+ if (time_interpolator->skips == 0 && time_interpolator->offset > tick_nsec)
+ time_interpolator->nsec_per_cyc--;
+ if (time_interpolator->ns_skipped > INTERPOLATOR_MAX_SKIP && time_interpolator->offset == 0)
+ time_interpolator->nsec_per_cyc++;
+ time_interpolator->skips = 0;
+ time_interpolator->ns_skipped = 0;
+ }
+}
+
+static inline int
+is_better_time_interpolator(struct time_interpolator *new)
+{
+ if (!time_interpolator)
+ return 1;
+ return new->frequency > 2*time_interpolator->frequency ||
+ (unsigned long)new->drift < (unsigned long)time_interpolator->drift;
+}
+
+void
+register_time_interpolator(struct time_interpolator *ti)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ /* Sanity check */
+ BUG_ON(ti->frequency == 0 || ti->mask == 0);
+
+ ti->nsec_per_cyc = ((u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << ti->shift) / ti->frequency;
+ spin_lock(&time_interpolator_lock);
+ write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
+ if (is_better_time_interpolator(ti)) {
+ time_interpolator = ti;
+ time_interpolator_reset();
+ }
+ write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
+
+ ti->next = time_interpolator_list;
+ time_interpolator_list = ti;
+ spin_unlock(&time_interpolator_lock);
+}
+
+void
+unregister_time_interpolator(struct time_interpolator *ti)
+{
+ struct time_interpolator *curr, **prev;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock(&time_interpolator_lock);
+ prev = &time_interpolator_list;
+ for (curr = *prev; curr; curr = curr->next) {
+ if (curr == ti) {
+ *prev = curr->next;
+ break;
+ }
+ prev = &curr->next;
+ }
+
+ write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
+ if (ti == time_interpolator) {
+ /* we lost the best time-interpolator: */
+ time_interpolator = NULL;
+ /* find the next-best interpolator */
+ for (curr = time_interpolator_list; curr; curr = curr->next)
+ if (is_better_time_interpolator(curr))
+ time_interpolator = curr;
+ time_interpolator_reset();
+ }
+ write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock(&time_interpolator_lock);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION */
+
Index: linux-2.6.19/kernel/timer.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/kernel/timer.c
+++ linux-2.6.19/kernel/timer.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/tick.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/timekeeping.h>

#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -736,449 +737,6 @@ unsigned long next_timer_interrupt(void)

#endif

-/******************************************************************/
-
-/*
- * The current time
- * wall_to_monotonic is what we need to add to xtime (or xtime corrected
- * for sub jiffie times) to get to monotonic time. Monotonic is pegged
- * at zero at system boot time, so wall_to_monotonic will be negative,
- * however, we will ALWAYS keep the tv_nsec part positive so we can use
- * the usual normalization.
- */
-struct timespec xtime __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
-struct timespec wall_to_monotonic __attribute__ ((aligned (16)));
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(xtime);
-
-
-/* XXX - all of this timekeeping code should be later moved to time.c */
-#include <linux/clocksource.h>
-static struct clocksource *clock; /* pointer to current clocksource */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
-/**
- * __get_nsec_offset - Returns nanoseconds since last call to periodic_hook
- *
- * private function, must hold xtime_lock lock when being
- * called. Returns the number of nanoseconds since the
- * last call to update_wall_time() (adjusted by NTP scaling)
- */
-static inline s64 __get_nsec_offset(void)
-{
- cycle_t cycle_now, cycle_delta;
- s64 ns_offset;
-
- /* read clocksource: */
- cycle_now = clocksource_read(clock);
-
- /* calculate the delta since the last update_wall_time: */
- cycle_delta = (cycle_now - clock->cycle_last) & clock->mask;
-
- /* convert to nanoseconds: */
- ns_offset = cyc2ns(clock, cycle_delta);
-
- return ns_offset;
-}
-
-/**
- * __get_realtime_clock_ts - Returns the time of day in a timespec
- * @ts: pointer to the timespec to be set
- *
- * Returns the time of day in a timespec. Used by
- * do_gettimeofday() and get_realtime_clock_ts().
- */
-static inline void __get_realtime_clock_ts(struct timespec *ts)
-{
- unsigned long seq;
- s64 nsecs;
-
- do {
- seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
-
- *ts = xtime;
- nsecs = __get_nsec_offset();
-
- } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
-
- timespec_add_ns(ts, nsecs);
-}
-
-/**
- * getnstimeofday - Returns the time of day in a timespec
- * @ts: pointer to the timespec to be set
- *
- * Returns the time of day in a timespec.
- */
-void getnstimeofday(struct timespec *ts)
-{
- __get_realtime_clock_ts(ts);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(getnstimeofday);
-
-/**
- * do_gettimeofday - Returns the time of day in a timeval
- * @tv: pointer to the timeval to be set
- *
- * NOTE: Users should be converted to using get_realtime_clock_ts()
- */
-void do_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv)
-{
- struct timespec now;
-
- __get_realtime_clock_ts(&now);
- tv->tv_sec = now.tv_sec;
- tv->tv_usec = now.tv_nsec/1000;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_gettimeofday);
-/**
- * do_settimeofday - Sets the time of day
- * @tv: pointer to the timespec variable containing the new time
- *
- * Sets the time of day to the new time and update NTP and notify hrtimers
- */
-int do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
- time_t wtm_sec, sec = tv->tv_sec;
- long wtm_nsec, nsec = tv->tv_nsec;
-
- if ((unsigned long)tv->tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
-
- nsec -= __get_nsec_offset();
-
- wtm_sec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec + (xtime.tv_sec - sec);
- wtm_nsec = wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec + (xtime.tv_nsec - nsec);
-
- set_normalized_timespec(&xtime, sec, nsec);
- set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic, wtm_sec, wtm_nsec);
-
- clock->error = 0;
- ntp_clear();
-
- write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
-
- /* signal hrtimers about time change */
- clock_was_set();
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_settimeofday);
-
-/**
- * change_clocksource - Swaps clocksources if a new one is available
- *
- * Accumulates current time interval and initializes new clocksource
- */
-static int 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;
- tick_clock_notify();
- printk(KERN_INFO "Time: %s clocksource has been installed.\n",
- clock->name);
- return 1;
- } else if (clock->update_callback) {
- return clock->update_callback();
- }
- return 0;
-}
-#else
-static inline int change_clocksource(void)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-/**
- * timeofday_is_continuous - check to see if timekeeping is free running
- */
-int timekeeping_is_continuous(void)
-{
- unsigned long seq;
- int ret;
-
- do {
- seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
-
- ret = clock->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS;
-
- } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
-
- return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * read_persistent_clock - Return time in seconds from the persistent clock.
- *
- * Weak dummy function for arches that do not yet support it.
- * Returns seconds from epoch using the battery backed persistent clock.
- * Returns zero if unsupported.
- *
- * XXX - Do be sure to remove it once all arches implement it.
- */
-unsigned long __attribute__((weak)) read_persistent_clock(void)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * timekeeping_init - Initializes the clocksource and common timekeeping values
- */
-void __init timekeeping_init(void)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
- unsigned long sec = read_persistent_clock();
-
- write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
-
- ntp_clear();
-
- clock = clocksource_get_next();
- clocksource_calculate_interval(clock, NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH);
- clock->cycle_last = clocksource_read(clock);
-
- xtime.tv_sec = sec;
- xtime.tv_nsec = 0;
- set_normalized_timespec(&wall_to_monotonic,
- -xtime.tv_sec, -xtime.tv_nsec);
-
- write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
-}
-
-
-/* flag for if timekeeping is suspended */
-static int timekeeping_suspended;
-/* time in seconds when suspend began */
-static unsigned long timekeeping_suspend_time;
-
-/**
- * timekeeping_resume - Resumes the generic timekeeping subsystem.
- * @dev: unused
- *
- * This is for the generic clocksource timekeeping.
- * xtime/wall_to_monotonic/jiffies/etc are
- * still managed by arch specific suspend/resume code.
- */
-static int timekeeping_resume(struct sys_device *dev)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
- unsigned long now = read_persistent_clock();
-
- write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
-
- if (now && (now > timekeeping_suspend_time)) {
- unsigned long sleep_length = now - timekeeping_suspend_time;
- xtime.tv_sec += sleep_length;
- jiffies_64 += (u64)sleep_length * HZ;
- }
- /* re-base the last cycle value */
- clock->cycle_last = clocksource_read(clock);
- clock->error = 0;
- timekeeping_suspended = 0;
- write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
-
- clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_RESUME, NULL);
- /* Resume hrtimers */
- clock_was_set();
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-static int timekeeping_suspend(struct sys_device *dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
-
- write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
- timekeeping_suspended = 1;
- timekeeping_suspend_time = read_persistent_clock();
- write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
- return 0;
-}
-
-/* sysfs resume/suspend bits for timekeeping */
-static struct sysdev_class timekeeping_sysclass = {
- .resume = timekeeping_resume,
- .suspend = timekeeping_suspend,
- set_kset_name("timekeeping"),
-};
-
-static struct sys_device device_timer = {
- .id = 0,
- .cls = &timekeeping_sysclass,
-};
-
-static int __init timekeeping_init_device(void)
-{
- int error = sysdev_class_register(&timekeeping_sysclass);
- if (!error)
- error = sysdev_register(&device_timer);
- return error;
-}
-
-device_initcall(timekeeping_init_device);
-
-/*
- * If the error is already larger, we look ahead even further
- * to compensate for late or lost adjustments.
- */
-static __always_inline int clocksource_bigadjust(s64 error, s64 *interval,
- s64 *offset)
-{
- s64 tick_error, i;
- u32 look_ahead, adj;
- s32 error2, mult;
-
- /*
- * Use the current error value to determine how much to look ahead.
- * The larger the error the slower we adjust for it to avoid problems
- * with losing too many ticks, otherwise we would overadjust and
- * produce an even larger error. The smaller the adjustment the
- * faster we try to adjust for it, as lost ticks can do less harm
- * here. This is tuned so that an error of about 1 msec is adusted
- * within about 1 sec (or 2^20 nsec in 2^SHIFT_HZ ticks).
- */
- error2 = clock->error >> (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT + 22 - 2 * SHIFT_HZ);
- error2 = abs(error2);
- for (look_ahead = 0; error2 > 0; look_ahead++)
- error2 >>= 2;
-
- /*
- * Now calculate the error in (1 << look_ahead) ticks, but first
- * remove the single look ahead already included in the error.
- */
- tick_error = current_tick_length() >>
- (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift + 1);
- tick_error -= clock->xtime_interval >> 1;
- error = ((error - tick_error) >> look_ahead) + tick_error;
-
- /* Finally calculate the adjustment shift value. */
- i = *interval;
- mult = 1;
- if (error < 0) {
- error = -error;
- *interval = -*interval;
- *offset = -*offset;
- mult = -1;
- }
- for (adj = 0; error > i; adj++)
- error >>= 1;
-
- *interval <<= adj;
- *offset <<= adj;
- return mult << adj;
-}
-
-/*
- * Adjust the multiplier to reduce the error value,
- * this is optimized for the most common adjustments of -1,0,1,
- * for other values we can do a bit more work.
- */
-static void clocksource_adjust(struct clocksource *clock, s64 offset)
-{
- s64 error, interval = clock->cycle_interval;
- int adj;
-
- error = clock->error >> (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift - 1);
- if (error > interval) {
- error >>= 2;
- if (likely(error <= interval))
- adj = 1;
- else
- adj = clocksource_bigadjust(error, &interval, &offset);
- } else if (error < -interval) {
- error >>= 2;
- if (likely(error >= -interval)) {
- adj = -1;
- interval = -interval;
- offset = -offset;
- } else
- adj = clocksource_bigadjust(error, &interval, &offset);
- } else
- return;
-
- clock->mult += adj;
- clock->xtime_interval += interval;
- clock->xtime_nsec -= offset;
- clock->error -= (interval - offset) <<
- (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift);
-}
-
-/**
- * update_wall_time - Uses the current clocksource to increment the wall time
- *
- * Called from the timer interrupt, must hold a write on xtime_lock.
- */
-static void update_wall_time(void)
-{
- cycle_t offset;
-
- /* Make sure we're fully resumed: */
- if (unlikely(timekeeping_suspended))
- return;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME
- offset = (clocksource_read(clock) - clock->cycle_last) & clock->mask;
-#else
- offset = clock->cycle_interval;
-#endif
- clock->xtime_nsec += (s64)xtime.tv_nsec << clock->shift;
-
- /* normally this loop will run just once, however in the
- * case of lost or late ticks, it will accumulate correctly.
- */
- while (offset >= clock->cycle_interval) {
- /* accumulate one interval */
- clock->xtime_nsec += clock->xtime_interval;
- clock->cycle_last += clock->cycle_interval;
- offset -= clock->cycle_interval;
-
- if (clock->xtime_nsec >= (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << clock->shift) {
- clock->xtime_nsec -= (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << clock->shift;
- xtime.tv_sec++;
- second_overflow();
- }
-
- /* interpolator bits */
- time_interpolator_update(clock->xtime_interval
- >> clock->shift);
-
- /* accumulate error between NTP and clock interval */
- clock->error += current_tick_length();
- clock->error -= clock->xtime_interval << (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift);
- }
-
- /* correct the clock when NTP error is too big */
- clocksource_adjust(clock, offset);
-
- /* store full nanoseconds into xtime */
- xtime.tv_nsec = (s64)clock->xtime_nsec >> clock->shift;
- 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);
- }
- update_vsyscall(&xtime, clock);
-}
-
/*
* Called from the timer interrupt handler to charge one tick to the current
* process. user_tick is 1 if the tick is user time, 0 for system.
@@ -1201,47 +759,6 @@ void update_process_times(int user_tick)
}

/*
- * Nr of active tasks - counted in fixed-point numbers
- */
-static unsigned long count_active_tasks(void)
-{
- return nr_active() * FIXED_1;
-}
-
-/*
- * Hmm.. Changed this, as the GNU make sources (load.c) seems to
- * imply that avenrun[] is the standard name for this kind of thing.
- * Nothing else seems to be standardized: the fractional size etc
- * all seem to differ on different machines.
- *
- * Requires xtime_lock to access.
- */
-unsigned long avenrun[3];
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(avenrun);
-
-/*
- * calc_load - given tick count, update the avenrun load estimates.
- * This is called while holding a write_lock on xtime_lock.
- */
-static inline void calc_load(unsigned long ticks)
-{
- unsigned long active_tasks; /* fixed-point */
- static int count = LOAD_FREQ;
-
- count -= ticks;
- if (unlikely(count < 0)) {
- active_tasks = count_active_tasks();
- do {
- CALC_LOAD(avenrun[0], EXP_1, active_tasks);
- CALC_LOAD(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active_tasks);
- CALC_LOAD(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active_tasks);
- count += LOAD_FREQ;
- } while (count < 0);
- }
-}
-
-/*
* This read-write spinlock protects us from races in SMP while
* playing with xtime and avenrun.
*/
@@ -1271,27 +788,6 @@ void run_local_timers(void)
softlockup_tick();
}

-/*
- * Called by the timer interrupt. xtime_lock must already be taken
- * by the timer IRQ!
- */
-static inline void update_times(unsigned long ticks)
-{
- update_wall_time();
- calc_load(ticks);
-}
-
-/*
- * The 64-bit jiffies value is not atomic - you MUST NOT read it
- * without sampling the sequence number in xtime_lock.
- * jiffies is defined in the linker script...
- */
-
-void do_timer(unsigned long ticks)
-{
- jiffies_64 += ticks;
- update_times(ticks);
-}

#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM

@@ -1710,194 +1206,6 @@ void __init init_timers(void)
open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq, NULL);
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION
-
-struct time_interpolator *time_interpolator __read_mostly;
-static struct time_interpolator *time_interpolator_list __read_mostly;
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(time_interpolator_lock);
-
-static inline cycles_t time_interpolator_get_cycles(unsigned int src)
-{
- unsigned long (*x)(void);
-
- switch (src)
- {
- case TIME_SOURCE_FUNCTION:
- x = time_interpolator->addr;
- return x();
-
- case TIME_SOURCE_MMIO64 :
- return readq_relaxed((void __iomem *)time_interpolator->addr);
-
- case TIME_SOURCE_MMIO32 :
- return readl_relaxed((void __iomem *)time_interpolator->addr);
-
- default: return get_cycles();
- }
-}
-
-static inline u64 time_interpolator_get_counter(int writelock)
-{
- unsigned int src = time_interpolator->source;
-
- if (time_interpolator->jitter)
- {
- cycles_t lcycle;
- cycles_t now;
-
- do {
- lcycle = time_interpolator->last_cycle;
- now = time_interpolator_get_cycles(src);
- if (lcycle && time_after(lcycle, now))
- return lcycle;
-
- /* When holding the xtime write lock, there's no need
- * to add the overhead of the cmpxchg. Readers are
- * force to retry until the write lock is released.
- */
- if (writelock) {
- time_interpolator->last_cycle = now;
- return now;
- }
- /* Keep track of the last timer value returned. The use of cmpxchg here
- * will cause contention in an SMP environment.
- */
- } while (unlikely(cmpxchg(&time_interpolator->last_cycle, lcycle, now) != lcycle));
- return now;
- }
- else
- return time_interpolator_get_cycles(src);
-}
-
-void time_interpolator_reset(void)
-{
- time_interpolator->offset = 0;
- time_interpolator->last_counter = time_interpolator_get_counter(1);
-}
-
-#define GET_TI_NSECS(count,i) (((((count) - i->last_counter) & (i)->mask) * (i)->nsec_per_cyc) >> (i)->shift)
-
-unsigned long time_interpolator_get_offset(void)
-{
- /* If we do not have a time interpolator set up then just return zero */
- if (!time_interpolator)
- return 0;
-
- return time_interpolator->offset +
- GET_TI_NSECS(time_interpolator_get_counter(0), time_interpolator);
-}
-
-#define INTERPOLATOR_ADJUST 65536
-#define INTERPOLATOR_MAX_SKIP 10*INTERPOLATOR_ADJUST
-
-void time_interpolator_update(long delta_nsec)
-{
- u64 counter;
- unsigned long offset;
-
- /* If there is no time interpolator set up then do nothing */
- if (!time_interpolator)
- return;
-
- /*
- * The interpolator compensates for late ticks by accumulating the late
- * time in time_interpolator->offset. A tick earlier than expected will
- * lead to a reset of the offset and a corresponding jump of the clock
- * forward. Again this only works if the interpolator clock is running
- * slightly slower than the regular clock and the tuning logic insures
- * that.
- */
-
- counter = time_interpolator_get_counter(1);
- offset = time_interpolator->offset +
- GET_TI_NSECS(counter, time_interpolator);
-
- if (delta_nsec < 0 || (unsigned long) delta_nsec < offset)
- time_interpolator->offset = offset - delta_nsec;
- else {
- time_interpolator->skips++;
- time_interpolator->ns_skipped += delta_nsec - offset;
- time_interpolator->offset = 0;
- }
- time_interpolator->last_counter = counter;
-
- /* Tuning logic for time interpolator invoked every minute or so.
- * Decrease interpolator clock speed if no skips occurred and an offset is carried.
- * Increase interpolator clock speed if we skip too much time.
- */
- if (jiffies % INTERPOLATOR_ADJUST == 0)
- {
- if (time_interpolator->skips == 0 && time_interpolator->offset > tick_nsec)
- time_interpolator->nsec_per_cyc--;
- if (time_interpolator->ns_skipped > INTERPOLATOR_MAX_SKIP && time_interpolator->offset == 0)
- time_interpolator->nsec_per_cyc++;
- time_interpolator->skips = 0;
- time_interpolator->ns_skipped = 0;
- }
-}
-
-static inline int
-is_better_time_interpolator(struct time_interpolator *new)
-{
- if (!time_interpolator)
- return 1;
- return new->frequency > 2*time_interpolator->frequency ||
- (unsigned long)new->drift < (unsigned long)time_interpolator->drift;
-}
-
-void
-register_time_interpolator(struct time_interpolator *ti)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
-
- /* Sanity check */
- BUG_ON(ti->frequency == 0 || ti->mask == 0);
-
- ti->nsec_per_cyc = ((u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << ti->shift) / ti->frequency;
- spin_lock(&time_interpolator_lock);
- write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
- if (is_better_time_interpolator(ti)) {
- time_interpolator = ti;
- time_interpolator_reset();
- }
- write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
-
- ti->next = time_interpolator_list;
- time_interpolator_list = ti;
- spin_unlock(&time_interpolator_lock);
-}
-
-void
-unregister_time_interpolator(struct time_interpolator *ti)
-{
- struct time_interpolator *curr, **prev;
- unsigned long flags;
-
- spin_lock(&time_interpolator_lock);
- prev = &time_interpolator_list;
- for (curr = *prev; curr; curr = curr->next) {
- if (curr == ti) {
- *prev = curr->next;
- break;
- }
- prev = &curr->next;
- }
-
- write_seqlock_irqsave(&xtime_lock, flags);
- if (ti == time_interpolator) {
- /* we lost the best time-interpolator: */
- time_interpolator = NULL;
- /* find the next-best interpolator */
- for (curr = time_interpolator_list; curr; curr = curr->next)
- if (is_better_time_interpolator(curr))
- time_interpolator = curr;
- time_interpolator_reset();
- }
- write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
- spin_unlock(&time_interpolator_lock);
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION */
-
/**
* msleep - sleep safely even with waitqueue interruptions
* @msecs: Time in milliseconds to sleep for

--


2007-01-31 09:01:43

by Ingo Molnar

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/23] timekeeping: create kernel/time/timekeeping.c


* Daniel Walker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Move the generic timekeeping code from kernel/timer.c to
> kernel/time/timekeeping.c. [...]

please lets not do this just yet. While i have no problems with the
change in theory, the time code is in high flux and it's easier to keep
things sorted if we dont do big code movements. It also makes it harder
to review things and it acts as a hard merge barrier. We usually do such
move chunks of code in 'quiet periods', and now is definitely not such a
period. It's also pretty easy to do.

Ingo

2007-01-31 15:06:59

by Daniel Walker

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/23] timekeeping: create kernel/time/timekeeping.c

On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 09:59 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Daniel Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Move the generic timekeeping code from kernel/timer.c to
> > kernel/time/timekeeping.c. [...]
>
> please lets not do this just yet. While i have no problems with the
> change in theory, the time code is in high flux and it's easier to keep
> things sorted if we dont do big code movements. It also makes it harder
> to review things and it acts as a hard merge barrier. We usually do such
> move chunks of code in 'quiet periods', and now is definitely not such a
> period. It's also pretty easy to do.

I'm not opposed to waiting .. I do think this needs to go in eventually
tho .. This is a clean up that John requested, and I only added it
because I was making other changes to timekeeping.. So it's really his
call .

Daniel