From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] time: Condense timekeeper.xtime into xtime_sec
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:02:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2fw7ilhnm.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1342156917-25092-5-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org> (John Stultz's message of "Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:21:53 -0400")
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> writes:
> The timekeeper struct has a xtime_nsec, which keeps the
> sub-nanosecond remainder. This ends up being somewhat
> duplicative of the timekeeper.xtime.tv_nsec value, and we
> have to do extra work to keep them apart, copying the full
> nsec portion out and back in over and over.
>
> This patch simplifies some of the logic by taking the timekeeper
> xtime value and splitting it into timekeeper.xtime_sec and
> reuses the timekeeper.xtime_nsec for the sub-second portion
> (stored in higher res shifted nanoseconds).
>
> This simplifies some of the accumulation logic. And will
> allow for more accurate timekeeping once the vsyscall code
> is updated to use the shifted nanosecond remainder.
This (together with b44d50d "time: Fix casting issue in tk_set_xtime and
tk_xtime_add") is causing resume to hang on the iBook (PowerBook6,7).
The fact that the add-on commit is needed to uncover the bug might give
a hint, but I'm unable to decipher it.
Andreas.
--
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"And now for something completely different."
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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] time: Condense timekeeper.xtime into xtime_sec
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:02:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2fw7ilhnm.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1342156917-25092-5-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org> (John Stultz's message of "Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:21:53 -0400")
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> writes:
> The timekeeper struct has a xtime_nsec, which keeps the
> sub-nanosecond remainder. This ends up being somewhat
> duplicative of the timekeeper.xtime.tv_nsec value, and we
> have to do extra work to keep them apart, copying the full
> nsec portion out and back in over and over.
>
> This patch simplifies some of the logic by taking the timekeeper
> xtime value and splitting it into timekeeper.xtime_sec and
> reuses the timekeeper.xtime_nsec for the sub-second portion
> (stored in higher res shifted nanoseconds).
>
> This simplifies some of the accumulation logic. And will
> allow for more accurate timekeeping once the vsyscall code
> is updated to use the shifted nanosecond remainder.
This (together with b44d50d "time: Fix casting issue in tk_set_xtime and
tk_xtime_add") is causing resume to hang on the iBook (PowerBook6,7).
The fact that the add-on commit is needed to uncover the bug might give
a hint, but I'm unable to decipher it.
Andreas.
--
Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org
GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5
"And now for something completely different."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-19 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-13 5:21 [PATCH 0/8] Time fixes and cleanups for 3.6 John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH 1/8] ntp: Fix STA_INS/DEL clearing bug John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-13 18:36 ` John Stultz
2012-07-15 7:57 ` [tip:timers/urgent] " tip-bot for John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH 2/8] time: Whitespace cleanups per Ingo's requests John Stultz
2012-07-15 8:56 ` [tip:timers/core] time: Whitespace cleanups per Ingo%27s requests tip-bot for John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH 3/8] time: Explicitly use u32 instead of int for shift values John Stultz
2012-07-15 8:57 ` [tip:timers/core] " tip-bot for John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH 4/8] time: Condense timekeeper.xtime into xtime_sec John Stultz
2012-07-13 6:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-15 8:57 ` [tip:timers/core] " tip-bot for John Stultz
2012-08-19 21:02 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2012-08-19 21:02 ` [PATCH 4/8] " Andreas Schwab
2012-08-20 18:58 ` John Stultz
2012-08-20 18:58 ` John Stultz
2012-08-20 19:45 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-08-20 19:45 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-08-20 19:57 ` John Stultz
2012-08-20 19:57 ` John Stultz
2012-08-20 20:04 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-08-20 20:04 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-08-21 3:38 ` John Stultz
2012-08-21 3:38 ` John Stultz
2012-08-21 7:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-08-21 7:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-08-21 18:14 ` John Stultz
2012-08-21 18:14 ` John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH 5/8] time: Refactor accumulation of nsecs to secs John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-13 6:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-15 8:58 ` [tip:timers/core] " tip-bot for John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH 6/8] time: Move arch_gettimeoffset() usage into timekeeping_get_ns() John Stultz
2012-07-13 6:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-15 8:59 ` [tip:timers/core] " tip-bot for John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH 7/8] time: Move xtime_nsec adjustment underflow handling timekeeping_adjust John Stultz
2012-07-13 6:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-15 9:00 ` [tip:timers/core] " tip-bot for John Stultz
2012-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH 8/8] time: Rework timekeeping functions to take timekeeper ptr as argument John Stultz
2012-07-15 9:01 ` [tip:timers/core] " tip-bot for John Stultz
2012-07-13 6:05 ` [PATCH 0/8] Time fixes and cleanups for 3.6 Ingo Molnar
2012-07-13 20:49 ` John Stultz
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