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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-15 09:58:33 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-15 09:58:33 -0700
commit3f27c0d2a469673e0f1efc8004b6f42428aa5b94 (patch)
tree548c975cabdcafcac92992d24410ae0a8334dff5 /kernel/time
parent9aaa630503f20461bee65ebc4fd87ba8d7a2bd2c (diff)
parentcd6d95d8449b7c9f415f26041e9ae173d387b6bd (diff)
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Merge branch 'timers-for-linus-clocksource' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'timers-for-linus-clocksource' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: clocksource: prevent selection of low resolution clocksourse also for nohz=on clocksource: sanity check sysfs clocksource changes
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time')
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/clocksource.c20
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c17
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 80189f6..592bf58 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -509,6 +509,18 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_override_clocksource(struct sys_device *dev,
}
}
+ /*
+ * Check to make sure we don't switch to a non-highres capable
+ * clocksource if the tick code is in oneshot mode (highres or nohz)
+ */
+ if (tick_oneshot_mode_active() &&
+ !(ovr->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES)) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s clocksource is not HRT compatible. "
+ "Cannot switch while in HRT/NOHZ mode\n", ovr->name);
+ ovr = NULL;
+ override_name[0] = 0;
+ }
+
/* Reselect, when the override name has changed */
if (ovr != clocksource_override) {
clocksource_override = ovr;
@@ -537,7 +549,13 @@ sysfs_show_available_clocksources(struct sys_device *dev,
spin_lock_irq(&clocksource_lock);
list_for_each_entry(src, &clocksource_list, list) {
- count += snprintf(buf + count,
+ /*
+ * Don't show non-HRES clocksource if the tick code is
+ * in one shot mode (highres=on or nohz=on)
+ */
+ if (!tick_oneshot_mode_active() ||
+ (src->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES))
+ count += snprintf(buf + count,
max((ssize_t)PAGE_SIZE - count, (ssize_t)0),
"%s ", src->name);
}
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
index 2e8de67..a96c0e2 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -128,6 +128,23 @@ int tick_switch_to_oneshot(void (*handler)(struct clock_event_device *))
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * tick_check_oneshot_mode - check whether the system is in oneshot mode
+ *
+ * returns 1 when either nohz or highres are enabled. otherwise 0.
+ */
+int tick_oneshot_mode_active(void)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int ret;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ ret = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).mode == TICKDEV_MODE_ONESHOT;
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
/**
* tick_init_highres - switch to high resolution mode
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