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2013-10-10Merge tag 'random_for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+14
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random Pull /dev/random changes from Ted Ts'o: "These patches are designed to enable improvements to /dev/random for non-x86 platforms, in particular MIPS and ARM" * tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random: random: allow architectures to optionally define random_get_entropy() random: run random_int_secret_init() run after all late_initcalls
2013-10-10random: allow architectures to optionally define random_get_entropy()Theodore Ts'o1-0/+14
Allow architectures which have a disabled get_cycles() function to provide a random_get_entropy() function which provides a fine-grained, rapidly changing counter that can be used by the /dev/random driver. For example, an architecture might have a rapidly changing register used to control random TLB cache eviction, or DRAM refresh that doesn't meet the requirements of get_cycles(), but which is good enough for the needs of the random driver. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2013-09-12timekeeping: Fix HRTICK related deadlock from ntp lock changesJohn Stultz1-0/+1
Gerlando Falauto reported that when HRTICK is enabled, it is possible to trigger system deadlocks. These were hard to reproduce, as HRTICK has been broken in the past, but seemed to be connected to the timekeeping_seq lock. Since seqlock/seqcount's aren't supported w/ lockdep, I added some extra spinlock based locking and triggered the following lockdep output: [ 15.849182] ntpd/4062 is trying to acquire lock: [ 15.849765] (&(&pool->lock)->rlock){..-...}, at: [<ffffffff810aa9b5>] __queue_work+0x145/0x480 [ 15.850051] [ 15.850051] but task is already holding lock: [ 15.850051] (timekeeper_lock){-.-.-.}, at: [<ffffffff810df6df>] do_adjtimex+0x7f/0x100 <snip> [ 15.850051] Chain exists of: &(&pool->lock)->rlock --> &p->pi_lock --> timekeeper_lock [ 15.850051] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 15.850051] [ 15.850051] CPU0 CPU1 [ 15.850051] ---- ---- [ 15.850051] lock(timekeeper_lock); [ 15.850051] lock(&p->pi_lock); [ 15.850051] lock(timekeeper_lock); [ 15.850051] lock(&(&pool->lock)->rlock); [ 15.850051] [ 15.850051] *** DEADLOCK *** The deadlock was introduced by 06c017fdd4dc48451a ("timekeeping: Hold timekeepering locks in do_adjtimex and hardpps") in 3.10 This patch avoids this deadlock, by moving the call to schedule_delayed_work() outside of the timekeeper lock critical section. Reported-by: Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.falauto@keymile.com> Tested-by: Lin Ming <minggr@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> #3.11, 3.10 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378943457-27314-1-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-04-05ntp: Move do_adjtimex() and hardpps() functions to timekeeping.cJohn Stultz1-7/+0
In preparation for changing the ntp locking rules, move do_adjtimex and hardpps accessor functions to timekeeping.c, but keep the code logic in ntp.c. This patch also introduces a ntp_internal.h file so timekeeping specific interfaces of ntp.c can be more limitedly shared with timekeeping.c. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
2012-10-13UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linuxDavid Howells1-112/+1
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2012-07-31time/jiffies: Rename ACTHZ to SHIFTED_HZJohn Stultz1-1/+1
Ingo noted that ACTHZ is a confusing name, and requested it be renamed, so this patch renames ACTHZ to SHIFTED_HZ to better describe it. Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1343414893-45779-3-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2012-03-23ntp: Fix leap-second hrtimer livelockJohn Stultz1-1/+1
Since commit 7dffa3c673fbcf835cd7be80bb4aec8ad3f51168 the ntp subsystem has used an hrtimer for triggering the leapsecond adjustment. However, this can cause a potential livelock. Thomas diagnosed this as the following pattern: CPU 0 CPU 1 do_adjtimex() spin_lock_irq(&ntp_lock); process_adjtimex_modes(); timer_interrupt() process_adj_status(); do_timer() ntp_start_leap_timer(); write_lock(&xtime_lock); hrtimer_start(); update_wall_time(); hrtimer_reprogram(); ntp_tick_length() tick_program_event() spin_lock(&ntp_lock); clockevents_program_event() ktime_get() seq = req_seqbegin(xtime_lock); This patch tries to avoid the problem by reverting back to not using an hrtimer to inject leapseconds, and instead we handle the leapsecond processing in the second_overflow() function. The downside to this change is that on systems that support highres timers, the leap second processing will occur on a HZ tick boundary, (ie: ~1-10ms, depending on HZ) after the leap second instead of possibly sooner (~34us in my tests w/ x86_64 lapic). This patch applies on top of tip/timers/core. CC: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reported-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> Diagnoised-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
2012-01-27ntp: Access tick_length variable via ntp_tick_length()John Stultz1-1/+1
Currently the NTP managed tick_length value is accessed globally, in preparations for locking cleanups, make sure it is accessed via a function and mark it as static. CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> CC: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
2012-01-27ntp: Cleanup timex.hJohn Stultz1-15/+0
Move ntp_sycned to ntp.c and mark time_status as static. Also yank function declaration for non-existant function. CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> CC: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
2011-02-02ntp: Add ADJ_SETOFFSET mode bitRichard Cochran1-1/+2
This patch adds a new mode bit into the timex structure. When set, the bit instructs the kernel to add the given time value to the current time. Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@omicron.at> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <20110201134320.688829863@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2011-01-13ntp: add hardpps implementationAlexander Gordeev1-0/+1
This commit adds hardpps() implementation based upon the original one from the NTPv4 reference kernel code from David Mills. However, it is highly optimized towards very fast syncronization and maximum stickness to PPS signal. The typical error is less then a microsecond. To make it sync faster I had to throw away exponential phase filter so that the full phase offset is corrected immediately. Then I also had to throw away median phase filter because it gives a bigger error itself if used without exponential filter. Maybe we will find an appropriate filtering scheme in the future but it's not necessary if the signal quality is ok. Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <lasaine@lvk.cs.msu.su> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-23ntp: Remove tickadjJohn Stultz1-4/+0
There are zero users of tickadj. So remove it. Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <1268968769-19209-2-git-send-email-johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2010-03-23ntp: Make time_adjust staticJohn Stultz1-1/+0
Now that no arches are accessing time_adjust directly, make it static. Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <1268968769-19209-1-git-send-email-johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2010-01-29ntp: Make time_esterror and time_maxerror staticjohn stultz1-3/+0
Make time_esterror and time_maxerror static as no one uses them outside of ntp.c Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: richard@rsk.demon.co.uk LKML-Reference: <1264719761.3437.47.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-12-09Merge branches 'timers-for-linus-ntp' and 'irq-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+4
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers-for-linus-ntp' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: ntp: Provide compability defines (You say MOD_NANO, I say ADJ_NANO) * 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: genirq: do not execute DEBUG_SHIRQ when irq setup failed
2009-10-05time: Implement logarithmic time accumulationjohn stultz1-4/+0
Accumulating one tick at a time works well unless we're using NOHZ. Then it can be an issue, since we may have to run through the loop a few thousand times, which can increase timer interrupt caused latency. The current solution was to accumulate in half-second intervals with NOHZ. This kept the number of loops down, however it did slightly change how we make NTP adjustments. While not an issue with NTPd users, as NTPd makes adjustments over a longer period of time, other adjtimex() users have noticed the half-second granularity with which we can apply frequency changes to the clock. For instance, if a application tries to apply a 100ppm frequency correction for 20ms to correct a 2us offset, with NOHZ they either get no correction, or a 50us correction. Now, there will always be some granularity error for applying frequency corrections. However with users sensitive to this error have seen a 50-500x increase with NOHZ compared to running without NOHZ. So I figured I'd try another approach then just simply increasing the interval. My approach is to consume the time interval logarithmically. This reduces the number of times through the loop needed keeping latency down, while still preserving the original granularity error for adjtimex() changes. Further, this change allows us to remove the xtime_cache code (patch to follow), as xtime is always within one tick of the current time, instead of the half-second updates it saw before. An earlier version of this patch has been shipping to x86 users in the RedHat MRG releases for awhile without issue, but I've reworked this version to be even more careful about avoiding possible overflows if the shift value gets too large. Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <1254525473.7741.88.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-28ntp: Provide compability defines (You say MOD_NANO, I say ADJ_NANO)john stultz1-1/+4
MOD_NANO, ADJ_NANO, MOD_NANO, ADJ_NANO! Lets call the whole thing off! But oh! If we call the whole thing off, Then we must part. And oh! If we ever part, Then that might break my heart^H^H^H^Hclock! So, if you like MOD_NANO and I like ADJ_NANO, I'll include MOD_NANO and give up ADJ_NANO (not really!). For we know we need each other, So we better call the calling off off. Let's call the whole thing off! The tumultuous NTP and Linux relationship has hit another snag: Ends up NTPd still uses the "xntp 3.4 compatability names" and when the STA_NANO value was added (along with ADJ_NANO), NTPd expected MOD_NANO to be added and has apparently hit some build errors. Report to ntp hackers: https://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/hackers/2009-August/004455.html Related Bugs: https://support.ntp.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1219 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505566 So in an effort to make peace, here's a patch to help get things building again. I also have updated the comment to make sure folks don't think the MOD_* values are just legacy constants. Of course, NTPd really uses the glibc-headers, so those will need to be similarly updated before things are working again (the RH bug above should probably cover that). Thanks to Michael Tatarinov and Hal Murray for finding and reporting the issue! Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> Cc: hmurray@megapathdsl.net Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Cc: Michael Tatarinov <kukabu@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <1251417882.7905.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-06-17time: move PIT_TICK_RATE to linux/timex.hArnd Bergmann1-0/+3
PIT_TICK_RATE is currently defined in four architectures, but in three different places. While linux/timex.h is not the perfect place for it, it is still a reasonable replacement for those drivers that traditionally use asm/timex.h to get CLOCK_TICK_RATE and expect it to be the PIT frequency. Note that for Alpha, the actual value changed from 1193182UL to 1193180UL. This is unlikely to make a difference, and probably can only improve accuracy. There was a discussion on the correct value of CLOCK_TICK_RATE a few years ago, after which every existing instance was getting changed to 1193182. According to the specification, it should be 1193181.818181... Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-05-12ntp: fix comment typosjohn stultz1-2/+2
Bernhard Schiffner noticed I had a few comment typos in this patch, (note: to save embarrassment, when making typos, avoid copying and pasting them) so this patch corrects them. [ Impact: cleanup ] Reported-by: Bernhard Schiffner <bernhard@schiffner-limbach.de> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: riel@redhat.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org LKML-Reference: <1242090794.7214.131.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-05-06ntp: adjust SHIFT_PLL to improve NTP convergencejohn stultz1-11/+31
The conversion to the ntpv4 reference model f19923937321244e7dc334767eb4b67e0e3d5c74 ("ntp: convert to the NTP4 reference model") in 2.6.19 added nanosecond resolution the adjtimex interface, but also changed the "stiffness" of the frequency adjustments, causing NTP convergence time to greatly increase. SHIFT_PLL, which reduces the stiffness of the freq adjustments, was designed to be inversely linked to HZ, and the reference value of 4 was designed for Unix systems using HZ=100. However Linux's clock steering code mostly independent of HZ. So this patch reduces the SHIFT_PLL value from 4 to 2, which causes NTPd behavior to match kernels prior to 2.6.19, greatly reducing convergence times, and improving close synchronization through environmental thermal changes. The patch also changes some l's to L's in nearby code to avoid misreading 50l as 501. [ Impact: tweak NTP algorithm for faster convergence ] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: zippel@linux-m68k.org Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <200905051956.n45JuVo9025575@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-25time: ntp: make 64-bit constants more robustIngo Molnar1-1/+1
Impact: cleanup, no functionality changed - make PPM_SCALE an explicit s64 constant, to remove (s64) casts from usage sites. kernel/time/ntp.o: text data bss dec hex filename 2536 114 136 2786 ae2 ntp.o.before 2536 114 136 2786 ae2 ntp.o.after md5: 40a7728d1188aa18e83e21a81fa7b150 ntp.o.before.asm 40a7728d1188aa18e83e21a81fa7b150 ntp.o.after.asm Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-12linux/timex.h: cleanup for userspaceMike Frysinger1-36/+37
Impact: fix user-space exported use Move all the kernel-specific defines and includes into the __KERNEL__ section so that they don't get leaked into userspace. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-09-24ntp: improve adjtimex frequency roundingRoman Zippel1-1/+1
Change PPM_SCALE_INV_SHIFT so that it doesn't throw away any input bits (19 is the amount of the factor 2 in PPM_SCALE), the output frequency can then be calculated back to its input value, as the inverse divide produce a slightly larger value, which is then correctly rounded by the final shift. Reported-by: Martin Ziegler <ziegler@uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-08-22ntp: fix ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ bug and do_adjtimex() cleanupRoman Zippel1-1/+8
Thanks to the review by Michael Kerrisk a bug in the recent ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ option was discovered, where the ntp time_offset was inadvertently set by it. This fixes this by making the adjtime code more separate from the ntp_adjtime code (both of which really want to be separate syscalls). Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-05-01ntp: handle leap second via timerRoman Zippel1-0/+1
Remove the leap second handling from second_overflow(), which doesn't have to check for it every second anymore. With CONFIG_NO_HZ this also makes sure the leap second is handled close to the full second. Additionally this makes it possible to abort a leap second properly by resetting the STA_INS/STA_DEL status bits. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-01ntp: remove current_tick_length()Roman Zippel1-2/+2
current_tick_length used to do a little more, but now it just returns tick_length, which we can also access directly at the few places, where it's needed. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-01ntp: rename TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT to NTP_SCALE_SHIFTRoman Zippel1-4/+4
As TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT is used for more than just the tick length, the name isn't quite approriate anymore, so this renames it to NTP_SCALE_SHIFT. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-01ntp: support for TAIRoman Zippel1-1/+4
This adds support for setting the TAI value (International Atomic Time). The value is reported back to userspace via timex (as we don't have a ntp_gettime() syscall). Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-01ntp: increase time_offset resolutionRoman Zippel1-7/+2
time_offset is already a 64bit value but its resolution barely used, so this makes better use of it by replacing SHIFT_UPDATE with TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT. Side note: the SHIFT_HZ in SHIFT_UPDATE was incorrect for CONFIG_NO_HZ and the primary reason for changing time_offset to 64bit to avoid the overflow. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-01ntp: increase time_freq resolutionRoman Zippel1-5/+6
This changes time_freq to a 64bit value and makes it static (the only outside user had no real need to modify it). Intermediate values were already 64bit, so the change isn't that big, but it saves a little in shifts by replacing SHIFT_NSEC with TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT. PPM_SCALE is then used to convert between user space and kernel space representation. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-01ntp: NTP4 user space bits updateRoman Zippel1-3/+9
This adds a few more things from the ntp nanokernel related to user space. It's now possible to select the resolution used of some values via STA_NANO and the kernel reports in which mode it works (pll/fll). If some values for adjtimex() are outside the acceptable range, they are now simply normalized instead of letting the syscall fail. I removed MOD_CLKA/MOD_CLKB as the mapping didn't really makes any sense, the kernel doesn't support setting the clock. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-03-09time: remove obsolete CLOCK_TICK_ADJUSTRoman Zippel1-8/+1
The first version of the ntp_interval/tick_length inconsistent usage patch was recently merged as bbe4d18ac2e058c56adb0cd71f49d9ed3216a405 http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bbe4d18ac2e058c56adb0cd71f49d9ed3216a405 While the fix did greatly improve the situation, it was correctly pointed out by Roman that it does have a small bug: If the users change clocksources after the system has been running and NTP has made corrections, the correctoins made against the old clocksource will be applied against the new clocksource, causing error. The second attempt, which corrects the issue in the NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH definition has also made it up-stream as commit e13a2e61dd5152f5499d2003470acf9c838eab84 http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e13a2e61dd5152f5499d2003470acf9c838eab84 Roman has correctly pointed out that CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST is calculated based on the PIT's frequency, and isn't really relevant to non-PIT driven clocksources (that is, clocksources other then jiffies and pit). This patch reverts both of those changes, and simply removes CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST. This does remove the granularity error correction for users of PIT and Jiffies clocksource users, but the granularity error but for the majority of users, it should be within the 500ppm range NTP can accommodate for. For systems that have granularity errors greater then 500ppm, the "ntp_tick_adj=" boot option can be used to compensate. [johnstul@us.ibm.com: provided changelog] [mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com: maek ntp_tick_adj static] Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Acked-by: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: mingo@elte.hu Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-02-10ntp: correct inconsistent interval/tick_length usagejohn stultz1-1/+8
clocksource initialization and error accumulation. This corrects a 280ppm drift seen on some systems using acpi_pm, and affects other clocksources as well (likely to a lesser degree). Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-02-06read_current_timer() cleanupsAndrew Morton1-0/+2
- All implementations can be __devinit - The function prototypes were in asm/timex.h but they all must be the same, so create a single declaration in linux/timex.h. - uninline the sparc64 version to match the other architectures - Don't bother #defining ARCH_HAS_READ_CURRENT_TIMER to a particular value. [ezk@cs.sunysb.edu: fix build] Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-26time: add ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READJohn Stultz1-0/+1
Michael Kerrisk reported that a long standing bug in the adjtimex() system call causes glibc's adjtime(3) function to deliver the wrong results if 'delta' is NULL. add the ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ API detail, which will be used by glibc to fix this API compatibility bug. Also see: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6761 [ mingo@elte.hu: added patch description and made it backwards compatible ] NOTE: the new flag is defined 0xa001 so that it returns -EINVAL on older kernels - this way glibc can use it safely. Suggested by Ulrich Drepper. Acked-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2007-07-20[IA64] remove time interpolatorBob Picco1-60/+0
Remove time_interpolator code (This is generic code, but only user was ia64. It has been superseded by the CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME code). Signed-off-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Keilty <peter.keilty@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-02-16[PATCH] HZ free ntpjohn stultz1-0/+7
Distangle the NTP update from HZ. This is necessary for dynamic tick enabled kernels. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: 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>
2007-02-11[PATCH] use cycle_t instead of u64 in struct time_interpolatorHelge Deller1-2/+2
The 32bit and 64bit PARISC Linux kernels suffers from the problem, that the gettimeofday() call sometimes returns non-monotonic times. The easiest way to fix this, is to drop the PARISC-specific implementation and switch over to the generic TIME_INTERPOLATION framework. But in order to make it even compile on 32bit PARISC, the patch below which touches the generic Linux code, is mandatory. More information and the full patch with the parisc-specific changes is included in this thread: http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2006-December/031003.html As far as I could see, this patch does not change anything for the existing architectures which use this framework (IA64 and SPARC64), since "cycles_t" is defined there as unsigned 64bit-integer anyway (which then makes this patch a no-change for them). Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2006-10-06[PATCH] provide tickadj defineRoman Zippel1-0/+3
Provide a tickadj compatibility define for archs still using it. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] kernel/time/ntp.c: possible cleanupsAdrian Bunk1-6/+0
This patch contains the following possible cleanups: - make the following needlessly global function static: - ntp_update_frequency() - make the following needlessly global variables static: - time_state - time_offset - time_constant - time_reftime - remove the following read-only global variable: - time_precision Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: cleanup defines and commentsRoman Zippel1-10/+3
Remove a few unused defines and remove obsolete information from comments. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: convert to the NTP4 reference modelRoman Zippel1-6/+5
This converts the kernel ntp model into a model which matches the nanokernel reference implementations. The previous patches already increased the resolution and precision of the computations, so that this conversion becomes quite simple. <linux@horizon.com> explains: The original NTP kernel interface was defined in units of microseconds. That's what Linux implements. As computers have gotten faster and can now split microseconds easily, a new kernel interface using nanosecond units was defined ("the nanokernel", confusing as that name is to OS hackers), and there's an STA_NANO bit in the adjtimex() status field to tell the application which units it's using. The current ntpd supports both, but Linux loses some possible timing resolution because of quantization effects, and the ntpd hackers would really like to be able to drop the backwards compatibility code. Ulrich Windl has been maintaining a patch set to do the conversion for years, but it's hard to keep in sync. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: convert time_freq to nsec valueRoman Zippel1-0/+2
This converts time_freq to a scaled nsec value and adds around 6bit of extra resolution. This pushes the time_freq to its 32bit limits so the calculatons have to be done with 64bit. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: remove time_toleranceRoman Zippel1-1/+0
time_tolerance isn't changed at all in the kernel, so simply remove it, this simplifies the next patch, as it avoids a number of conversions. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: add time_adjust to tick lengthRoman Zippel1-1/+0
This folds update_ntp_one_tick() into second_overflow() and adds time_adjust to the tick length, this makes time_next_adjust unnecessary. This slightly changes the adjtime() behaviour, instead of applying it to the next tick, it's applied to the next second. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: prescale time_offsetRoman Zippel1-1/+1
This converts time_offset into a scaled per tick value. This avoids now completely the crude compensation in second_overflow(). Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] ntp: add ntp_update_frequencyRoman Zippel1-12/+2
This introduces ntp_update_frequency() and deinlines ntp_clear() (as it's not performance critical). ntp_update_frequency() calculates the base tick length using tick_usec and adds a base adjustment, in case the frequency doesn't divide evenly by HZ. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] NTP: Move all the NTP related code to ntp.cjohn stultz1-2/+8
Move all the NTP related code to ntp.c [akpm@osdl.org: cleanups, build fix] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-13[PATCH] headers_check: remove <asm/timex.h> from user exportDavid Woodhouse1-1/+2
There's useful stuff in <linux/timex.h> but <asm/timex.h> has nothing for userspace. Stop exporting it, and include it only from within the existing #ifdef __KERNEL__ part of <linux/timex.h> This fixes a 'make headers_check' failure on i386 because asm-i386/timex.h includes both asm-i386/tsc.h and asm-i386/processor.h, neither of which are exported to userspace. It's not entirely clear _why_ it includes either of these, but it does. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] fix and optimize clock source updateRoman Zippel1-1/+3
This fixes the clock source updates in update_wall_time() to correctly track the time coming in via current_tick_length(). Optimize the fast paths to be as short as possible to keep the overhead low. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>