From 17c38b7490b3f0300c7812aefdae2ddda7ab4112 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: john stultz Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:38:34 -0700 Subject: Cache xtime every call to update_wall_time This avoids xtime lag seen with dynticks, because while 'xtime' itself is still not updated often, we keep a 'xtime_cache' variable around that contains the approximate real-time that _is_ updated each time we do a 'update_wall_time()', and is thus never off by more than one tick. IOW, this restores the original semantics for 'xtime' users, as long as you use the proper abstraction functions (ie 'current_kernel_time()' or 'get_seconds()' depending on whether you want a timespec or just the seconds field). [ Updated Patch. As penance for my sins I've also yanked another #ifdef that was added to avoid the xtime lag w/ hrtimers. ] Signed-off-by: John Stultz Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/time.h | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h index 71181df8b74..6a5f503b4f1 100644 --- a/include/linux/time.h +++ b/include/linux/time.h @@ -99,11 +99,7 @@ extern int update_persistent_clock(struct timespec now); extern int no_sync_cmos_clock __read_mostly; void timekeeping_init(void); -static inline unsigned long get_seconds(void) -{ - return xtime.tv_sec; -} - +unsigned long get_seconds(void); struct timespec current_kernel_time(void); #define CURRENT_TIME (current_kernel_time()) -- cgit v1.2.3