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diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index c1c7fbc..c2a8ccf 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -80,6 +80,138 @@ tvec_base_t boot_tvec_bases;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_tvec_bases);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(tvec_base_t *, tvec_bases) = &boot_tvec_bases;
+/**
+ * __round_jiffies - function to round jiffies to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
+ * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
+ *
+ * __round_jiffies rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
+ * up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
+ * for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
+ * they fire approximately every X seconds.
+ *
+ * By rounding these timers to whole seconds, all such timers will fire
+ * at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
+ * of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
+ *
+ * The exact rounding is skewed for each processor to avoid all
+ * processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead
+ * to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
+ *
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the "j" parameter.
+ */
+unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
+{
+ int rem;
+ unsigned long original = j;
+
+ /*
+ * We don't want all cpus firing their timers at once hitting the
+ * same lock or cachelines, so we skew each extra cpu with an extra
+ * 3 jiffies. This 3 jiffies came originally from the mm/ code which
+ * already did this.
+ * The skew is done by adding 3*cpunr, then round, then subtract this
+ * extra offset again.
+ */
+ j += cpu * 3;
+
+ rem = j % HZ;
+
+ /*
+ * If the target jiffie is just after a whole second (which can happen
+ * due to delays of the timer irq, long irq off times etc etc) then
+ * we should round down to the whole second, not up. Use 1/4th second
+ * as cutoff for this rounding as an extreme upper bound for this.
+ */
+ if (rem < HZ/4) /* round down */
+ j = j - rem;
+ else /* round up */
+ j = j - rem + HZ;
+
+ /* now that we have rounded, subtract the extra skew again */
+ j -= cpu * 3;
+
+ if (j <= jiffies) /* rounding ate our timeout entirely; */
+ return original;
+ return j;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies);
+
+/**
+ * __round_jiffies_relative - function to round jiffies to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (relative) jiffies that should be rounded
+ * @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
+ *
+ * __round_jiffies_relative rounds a time delta in the future (in jiffies)
+ * up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
+ * for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
+ * they fire approximately every X seconds.
+ *
+ * By rounding these timers to whole seconds, all such timers will fire
+ * at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
+ * of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
+ *
+ * The exact rounding is skewed for each processor to avoid all
+ * processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead
+ * to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
+ *
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the "j" parameter.
+ */
+unsigned long __round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j, int cpu)
+{
+ /*
+ * In theory the following code can skip a jiffy in case jiffies
+ * increments right between the addition and the later subtraction.
+ * However since the entire point of this function is to use approximate
+ * timeouts, it's entirely ok to not handle that.
+ */
+ return __round_jiffies(j + jiffies, cpu) - jiffies;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__round_jiffies_relative);
+
+/**
+ * round_jiffies - function to round jiffies to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
+ *
+ * round_jiffies rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
+ * up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
+ * for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
+ * they fire approximately every X seconds.
+ *
+ * By rounding these timers to whole seconds, all such timers will fire
+ * at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
+ * of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
+ *
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the "j" parameter.
+ */
+unsigned long round_jiffies(unsigned long j)
+{
+ return __round_jiffies(j, raw_smp_processor_id());
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies);
+
+/**
+ * round_jiffies_relative - function to round jiffies to a full second
+ * @j: the time in (relative) jiffies that should be rounded
+ *
+ * round_jiffies_relative rounds a time delta in the future (in jiffies)
+ * up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
+ * for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
+ * they fire approximately every X seconds.
+ *
+ * By rounding these timers to whole seconds, all such timers will fire
+ * at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
+ * of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
+ *
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the "j" parameter.
+ */
+unsigned long round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j)
+{
+ return __round_jiffies_relative(j, raw_smp_processor_id());
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(round_jiffies_relative);
+
+
static inline void set_running_timer(tvec_base_t *base,
struct timer_list *timer)
{
@@ -714,7 +846,7 @@ static int change_clocksource(void)
clock = new;
clock->cycle_last = now;
printk(KERN_INFO "Time: %s clocksource has been installed.\n",
- clock->name);
+ clock->name);
return 1;
} else if (clock->update_callback) {
return clock->update_callback();
@@ -722,7 +854,10 @@ static int change_clocksource(void)
return 0;
}
#else
-#define change_clocksource() (0)
+static inline int change_clocksource(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
#endif
/**
@@ -820,7 +955,8 @@ 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)
+static __always_inline int clocksource_bigadjust(s64 error, s64 *interval,
+ s64 *offset)
{
s64 tick_error, i;
u32 look_ahead, adj;
@@ -844,7 +980,8 @@ static __always_inline int clocksource_bigadjust(s64 error, s64 *interval, s64 *
* 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 = current_tick_length() >>
+ (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift + 1);
tick_error -= clock->xtime_interval >> 1;
error = ((error - tick_error) >> look_ahead) + tick_error;
@@ -896,7 +1033,8 @@ static void clocksource_adjust(struct clocksource *clock, s64 offset)
clock->mult += adj;
clock->xtime_interval += interval;
clock->xtime_nsec -= offset;
- clock->error -= (interval - offset) << (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift);
+ clock->error -= (interval - offset) <<
+ (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - clock->shift);
}
/**
@@ -1008,11 +1146,15 @@ static inline void calc_load(unsigned long ticks)
unsigned long active_tasks; /* fixed-point */
static int count = LOAD_FREQ;
- active_tasks = count_active_tasks();
- for (count -= ticks; count < 0; count += LOAD_FREQ) {
- 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 -= 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);
}
}
@@ -1202,11 +1344,10 @@ fastcall signed long __sched schedule_timeout(signed long timeout)
* should never happens anyway). You just have the printk()
* that will tell you if something is gone wrong and where.
*/
- if (timeout < 0)
- {
+ if (timeout < 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "schedule_timeout: wrong timeout "
- "value %lx from %p\n", timeout,
- __builtin_return_address(0));
+ "value %lx\n", timeout);
+ dump_stack();
current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
goto out;
}
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