linux/kernel/time
Stephen Boyd 336ae1180d ARM: sched_clock: Load cycle count after epoch stabilizes
There is a small race between when the cycle count is read from
the hardware and when the epoch stabilizes. Consider this
scenario:

 CPU0                           CPU1
 ----                           ----
 cyc = read_sched_clock()
 cyc_to_sched_clock()
                                 update_sched_clock()
                                  ...
                                  cd.epoch_cyc = cyc;
  epoch_cyc = cd.epoch_cyc;
  ...
  epoch_ns + cyc_to_ns((cyc - epoch_cyc)

The cyc on cpu0 was read before the epoch changed. But we
calculate the nanoseconds based on the new epoch by subtracting
the new epoch from the old cycle count. Since epoch is most likely
larger than the old cycle count we calculate a large number that
will be converted to nanoseconds and added to epoch_ns, causing
time to jump forward too much.

Fix this problem by reading the hardware after the epoch has
stabilized.

Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
2013-06-17 15:56:11 -07:00
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alarmtimer.c alarmtimer: Export symbols of functions declared in linux/alarmtimer.h 2013-06-12 14:02:12 -07:00
clockevents.c clockevents: Implement unbind functionality 2013-05-16 11:09:18 +02:00
clocksource.c clocksource: Implement clocksource_select_fallback() for CONFIG_ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET=y 2013-05-28 09:48:46 +02:00
jiffies.c
Kconfig Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-05-15 14:05:17 -07:00
Makefile sched_clock: Make ARM's sched_clock generic for all architectures 2013-06-12 14:02:13 -07:00
ntp_internal.h ntp: Rework do_adjtimex to take timespec and tai arguments 2013-04-04 13:18:15 -07:00
ntp.c ntp: Remove ntp_lock, using the timekeeping locks to protect ntp state 2013-04-04 13:18:17 -07:00
posix-clock.c
sched_clock.c ARM: sched_clock: Load cycle count after epoch stabilizes 2013-06-17 15:56:11 -07:00
tick-broadcast.c clockevents: Split out selection logic 2013-05-16 11:09:17 +02:00
tick-common.c clockevents: Implement unbind functionality 2013-05-16 11:09:18 +02:00
tick-internal.h clockevents: Define CS_NAME_LEN unconditionally 2013-05-28 09:28:02 +02:00
tick-oneshot.c
tick-sched.c Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-05-15 14:05:17 -07:00
timeconv.c
timekeeping_debug.c power: Add option to log time spent in suspend 2013-05-29 12:57:34 -07:00
timekeeping_internal.h power: Add option to log time spent in suspend 2013-05-29 12:57:34 -07:00
timekeeping.c power: Add option to log time spent in suspend 2013-05-29 12:57:34 -07:00
timer_list.c timer_list: Convert timer list to be a proper seq_file 2013-04-17 20:51:02 +02:00
timer_stats.c