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-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_hpet.c17
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c21
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c8
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_hpet.c b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_hpet.c
index d973a8b681f..be242723c33 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_hpet.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_hpet.c
@@ -30,23 +30,28 @@ static seqlock_t monotonic_lock = SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED;
* basic equation:
* ns = cycles / (freq / ns_per_sec)
* ns = cycles * (ns_per_sec / freq)
- * ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_mhz * 10^6))
- * ns = cycles * (10^3 / cpu_mhz)
+ * ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_khz * 10^3))
+ * ns = cycles * (10^6 / cpu_khz)
*
* Then we use scaling math (suggested by george@mvista.com) to get:
- * ns = cycles * (10^3 * SC / cpu_mhz) / SC
+ * ns = cycles * (10^6 * SC / cpu_khz) / SC
* ns = cycles * cyc2ns_scale / SC
*
* And since SC is a constant power of two, we can convert the div
* into a shift.
+ *
+ * We can use khz divisor instead of mhz to keep a better percision, since
+ * cyc2ns_scale is limited to 10^6 * 2^10, which fits in 32 bits.
+ * (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
+ *
* -johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
*/
static unsigned long cyc2ns_scale;
#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */
-static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_mhz)
+static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz)
{
- cyc2ns_scale = (1000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_mhz;
+ cyc2ns_scale = (1000000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;
}
static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ static int __init init_hpet(char* override)
printk("Detected %u.%03u MHz processor.\n",
cpu_khz / 1000, cpu_khz % 1000);
}
- set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz/1000);
+ set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz);
}
/* set this only when cpu_has_tsc */
timer_hpet.read_timer = read_timer_tsc;
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c
index 6dd470cc9f7..d395e3b4248 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c
@@ -49,23 +49,28 @@ static seqlock_t monotonic_lock = SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED;
* basic equation:
* ns = cycles / (freq / ns_per_sec)
* ns = cycles * (ns_per_sec / freq)
- * ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_mhz * 10^6))
- * ns = cycles * (10^3 / cpu_mhz)
+ * ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_khz * 10^3))
+ * ns = cycles * (10^6 / cpu_khz)
*
* Then we use scaling math (suggested by george@mvista.com) to get:
- * ns = cycles * (10^3 * SC / cpu_mhz) / SC
+ * ns = cycles * (10^6 * SC / cpu_khz) / SC
* ns = cycles * cyc2ns_scale / SC
*
* And since SC is a constant power of two, we can convert the div
- * into a shift.
+ * into a shift.
+ *
+ * We can use khz divisor instead of mhz to keep a better percision, since
+ * cyc2ns_scale is limited to 10^6 * 2^10, which fits in 32 bits.
+ * (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
+ *
* -johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
*/
static unsigned long cyc2ns_scale;
#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */
-static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_mhz)
+static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz)
{
- cyc2ns_scale = (1000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_mhz;
+ cyc2ns_scale = (1000000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;
}
static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
@@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
if (use_tsc) {
if (!(freq->flags & CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS)) {
fast_gettimeoffset_quotient = cpufreq_scale(fast_gettimeoffset_ref, freq->new, ref_freq);
- set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz/1000);
+ set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz);
}
}
#endif
@@ -536,7 +541,7 @@ static int __init init_tsc(char* override)
printk("Detected %u.%03u MHz processor.\n",
cpu_khz / 1000, cpu_khz % 1000);
}
- set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz/1000);
+ set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz);
return 0;
}
}
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index 703acde2a1a..47d25ad0816 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -481,9 +481,9 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
static unsigned int cyc2ns_scale;
#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */
-static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_mhz)
+static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz)
{
- cyc2ns_scale = (1000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_mhz;
+ cyc2ns_scale = (1000000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;
}
static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static int time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
vxtime.tsc_quot = (1000L << 32) / cpu_khz;
}
- set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz_ref / 1000);
+ set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz_ref);
return 0;
}
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ void __init time_init(void)
rdtscll_sync(&vxtime.last_tsc);
setup_irq(0, &irq0);
- set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz / 1000);
+ set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz);
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
time_init_gtod();