Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  Documentation: Add timers/timers-howto.txt
  timer: Added usleep_range timer
  Revert "timer: Added usleep[_range] timer"
  clockevents: Remove the per cpu tick skew
  posix_timer: Move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down in timer_create()
  timer: Added usleep[_range] timer
  timers: Document meaning of deferrable timer

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index d61d16da0b6..f1b8afe1ad8 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -90,8 +90,13 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tvec_base *, tvec_bases) = &boot_tvec_bases;
 
 /*
  * Note that all tvec_bases are 2 byte aligned and lower bit of
- * base in timer_list is guaranteed to be zero. Use the LSB for
- * the new flag to indicate whether the timer is deferrable
+ * base in timer_list is guaranteed to be zero. Use the LSB to
+ * indicate whether the timer is deferrable.
+ *
+ * A deferrable timer will work normally when the system is busy, but
+ * will not cause a CPU to come out of idle just to service it; instead,
+ * the timer will be serviced when the CPU eventually wakes up with a
+ * subsequent non-deferrable timer.
  */
 #define TBASE_DEFERRABLE_FLAG		(0x1)
 
@@ -1758,3 +1763,25 @@ unsigned long msleep_interruptible(unsigned int msecs)
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(msleep_interruptible);
+
+static int __sched do_usleep_range(unsigned long min, unsigned long max)
+{
+	ktime_t kmin;
+	unsigned long delta;
+
+	kmin = ktime_set(0, min * NSEC_PER_USEC);
+	delta = (max - min) * NSEC_PER_USEC;
+	return schedule_hrtimeout_range(&kmin, delta, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * usleep_range - Drop in replacement for udelay where wakeup is flexible
+ * @min: Minimum time in usecs to sleep
+ * @max: Maximum time in usecs to sleep
+ */
+void usleep_range(unsigned long min, unsigned long max)
+{
+	__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	do_usleep_range(min, max);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(usleep_range);