linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/10] allow sched clock to be overridden by paravirt

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Message-Id: <11967666212496-git-send-email-gcosta@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue,  4 Dec 2007 09:09:57 -0200
From:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, glommer@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...e.hu, ehabkost@...hat.com, jeremy@...p.org,
	avi@...ranet.com, anthony@...emonkey.ws,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	ak@...e.de, chrisw@...s-sol.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	hpa@...or.com, Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/10] allow sched clock to be overridden by paravirt

This patch turns the sched_clock into native_sched_clock.
sched clock becomes a weak symbol, which can then give its
place to a paravirt definition.

Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc_64.c |   15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_64.c
index 9c70af4..5158476 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_64.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
 	return (cyc * cyc2ns_scale) >> NS_SCALE;
 }
 
-unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
+unsigned long long native_sched_clock(void)
 {
 	unsigned long a = 0;
 
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
 	return cycles_2_ns(a);
 }
 
+/* We need to define a real function for sched_clock, to override the
+   weak default version */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
+unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
+{
+	return paravirt_sched_clock();
+}
+#else
+unsigned long long
+sched_clock(void) __attribute__((alias("native_sched_clock")));
+#endif
+
+
 static int tsc_unstable;
 
 inline int check_tsc_unstable(void)
-- 
1.4.4.2

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