Re: [PATCH] U300 sched_clock implementation

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 23:46 +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:

> This overrides the global sched_clock() symbol in the Linux
> scheduler with a local implementation which takes advantage of
> the timesource in U300 giving a scheduling resolution of 1us. The
> solution is the same as found in the OMAP2 core code.

We assume sched_clock() to return time in ns (e-9) resolution.

> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-u300/timer.c |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-u300/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-u300/timer.c
> index 4bf82f8..222de18 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-u300/timer.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-u300/timer.c
> @@ -346,6 +346,22 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_u300_1mhz = {
>        .flags          = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
>  };
> 
> +/*
> + * Override the global weak sched_clock symbol with this
> + * local implementation which uses the clocksource to get some
> + * better resolution when scheduling the kernel. We accept that
> + * this wraps around for now, since it is just a relative time
> + * stamp. (Inspired by OMAP implementation.)
> + */
> +unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
> +{
> +       unsigned long long ret;
> +
> +       ret = (unsigned long long) u300_get_cycles();
> +       ret = (ret * clocksource_u300_1mhz.mult_orig) >>
> +               clocksource_u300_1mhz.shift;
> +       return ret;
> +}
> 
>  /*
>  * This sets up the system timers, clock source and clock event.
> --
> 1.6.2.1