linux/kernel/time, branch v2.6.38-rc7

clockevents: Prevent oneshot mode when broadcast device is periodic

2011-02-26T08:45:28Z

When the per cpu timer is marked CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP, then we only can switch into oneshot mode, when the backup broadcast device supports oneshot mode as well. Otherwise we would try to switch the broadcast device into an unsupported mode unconditionally. This went unnoticed so far as the current available broadcast devices support oneshot mode. Seth unearthed this problem while debugging and working around an hpet related BIOS wreckage. Add the necessary check to tick_is_oneshot_available(). Reported-and-tested-by: Seth Forshee Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner LKML-Reference: Cc: stable@kernel.org # .21 ->

timer debug: Hide kernel addresses via %pK in /proc/timer_list

2011-02-12T13:11:56Z

In the continuing effort to avoid kernel addresses leaking to unprivileged users, this patch switches to %pK for /proc/timer_list reporting. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Cc: John Stultz Cc: Dan Rosenberg Cc: Eugene Teo Cc: Linus Torvalds LKML-Reference: <20110212032125.GA23571@outflux.net> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

hrtimers: Notify hrtimer users of switches to NOHZ mode

2011-01-19T19:08:15Z

When NOHZ=y and high res timers are disabled (via cmdline or Kconfig) tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz() will notify the user about switching into NOHZ mode. Nothing is printed for the case where HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y. Fix this for the HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y case by duplicating the printk from the low res NOHZ path in the high res NOHZ path. This confused me since I was thinking 'dmesg | grep -i NOHZ' would tell me if NOHZ was enabled, but if I have hrtimers there is nothing. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <1295419594-13085-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branches 'core-fixes-for-linus', 'x86-fixes-for-linus', 'timers-fixes-for-linus' and 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2011-01-15T20:45:00Z

* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rcu: avoid pointless blocked-task warnings rcu: demote SRCU_SYNCHRONIZE_DELAY from kernel-parameter status rtmutex: Fix comment about why new_owner can be NULL in wake_futex_pi() * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, olpc: Add missing Kconfig dependencies x86, mrst: Set correct APB timer IRQ affinity for secondary cpu x86: tsc: Fix calibration refinement conditionals to avoid divide by zero x86, ia64, acpi: Clean up x86-ism in drivers/acpi/numa.c * 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: timekeeping: Make local variables static time: Rename misnamed minsec argument of clocks_calc_mult_shift() * 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: tracing: Remove syscall_exit_fields tracing: Only process module tracepoints once perf record: Add "nodelay" mode, disabled by default perf sched: Fix list of events, dropping unsupported ':r' modifier Revert "perf tools: Emit clearer message for sys_perf_event_open ENOENT return" perf top: Fix annotate segv perf evsel: Fix order of event list deletion

Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2011-01-13T18:05:56Z

* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (43 commits) Documentation/trace/events.txt: Remove obsolete sched_signal_send. writeback: fix global_dirty_limits comment runtime -> real-time ppc: fix comment typo singal -> signal drivers: fix comment typo diable -> disable. m68k: fix comment typo diable -> disable. wireless: comment typo fix diable -> disable. media: comment typo fix diable -> disable. remove doc for obsolete dynamic-printk kernel-parameter remove extraneous 'is' from Documentation/iostats.txt Fix spelling milisec -> ms in snd_ps3 module parameter description Fix spelling mistakes in comments Revert conflicting V4L changes i7core_edac: fix typos in comments mm/rmap.c: fix comment sound, ca0106: Fix assignment to 'channel'. hrtimer: fix a typo in comment init/Kconfig: fix typo anon_inodes: fix wrong function name in comment fix comment typos concerning "consistent" poll: fix a typo in comment ... Fix up trivial conflicts in: - drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c (moved to iwl-legacy.c) - fs/ext4/ext4.h Also fix missed 'diabled' typo in drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.h while at it.

pps: capture MONOTONIC_RAW timestamps as well

2011-01-13T16:03:21Z

MONOTONIC_RAW clock timestamps are ideally suited for frequency calculation and also fit well into the original NTP hardpps design. Now phase and frequency can be adjusted separately: the former based on REALTIME clock and the latter based on MONOTONIC_RAW clock. A new function getnstime_raw_and_real is added to timekeeping subsystem to capture both timestamps at the same time and atomically. Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev Acked-by: John Stultz Cc: Rodolfo Giometti Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ntp: add hardpps implementation

2011-01-13T16:03:20Z

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 Acked-by: John Stultz Cc: Rodolfo Giometti Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

timekeeping: Make local variables static

2011-01-12T11:23:13Z

Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten Cc: John Stultz LKML-Reference: <0D753D10438DA54287A00B027084269764CE0E54B7@AUSP01VMBX24.collaborationhost.net> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

time: Rename misnamed minsec argument of clocks_calc_mult_shift()

2011-01-12T11:23:12Z

The minsec argument to clocks_calc_mult_shift() is misnamed. It is used to clamp the magnitude of the mult factor so that a multiplication with any value in the given range won't overflow a 64 bit result. Let's rename it to match the actual usage. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Acked-by: John Stultz LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

Merge branch 'for-2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu

2011-01-08T01:02:58Z

* 'for-2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: (30 commits) gameport: use this_cpu_read instead of lookup x86: udelay: Use this_cpu_read to avoid address calculation x86: Use this_cpu_inc_return for nmi counter x86: Replace uses of current_cpu_data with this_cpu ops x86: Use this_cpu_ops to optimize code vmstat: User per cpu atomics to avoid interrupt disable / enable irq_work: Use per cpu atomics instead of regular atomics cpuops: Use cmpxchg for xchg to avoid lock semantics x86: this_cpu_cmpxchg and this_cpu_xchg operations percpu: Generic this_cpu_cmpxchg() and this_cpu_xchg support percpu,x86: relocate this_cpu_add_return() and friends connector: Use this_cpu operations xen: Use this_cpu_inc_return taskstats: Use this_cpu_ops random: Use this_cpu_inc_return fs: Use this_cpu_inc_return in buffer.c highmem: Use this_cpu_xx_return() operations vmstat: Use this_cpu_inc_return for vm statistics x86: Support for this_cpu_add, sub, dec, inc_return percpu: Generic support for this_cpu_add, sub, dec, inc_return ... Fixed up conflicts: in arch/x86/kernel/{apic/nmi.c, apic/x2apic_uv_x.c, process.c} as per Tejun.