linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: sched_clock() clocksource handling.

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Message-ID: <20090602141737.GA2449@debian>
Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:47:37 +0530
From:	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@...il.com>,
	Andrew Victor <linux@...im.org.za>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: sched_clock() clocksource handling.

On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 04:17:18PM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> sched: sched_clock() clocksource handling.
> 
> There are presently a number of issues and limitations with how the
> clocksource and sched_clock() interaction works today. Configurations
> tend to be grouped in to one of the following:
> 
>     - Platform provides a clocksource unsuitable for sched_clock()
>       and prefers to use the generic jiffies-backed implementation.
> 
>     - Platform provides its own clocksource and sched_clock() that
>       wraps in to it.
> 
>     - Platform uses a generic clocksource (ie, drivers/clocksource/)
>       combined with the generic jiffies-backed sched_clock().
> 
>     - Platform supports multiple sched_clock()-capable clocksources.
> 
> This patch adds a new CLOCK_SOURCE_USE_FOR_SCHED_CLOCK flag to address
> these issues, which can be set for any sched_clock()-capable clocksource.
> 
> The generic sched_clock() implementation is likewise switched over to
> always read from a designated sched_clocksource, which is default
> initialized to the jiffies clocksource and updated based on the
> availability of CLOCK_SOURCE_USE_FOR_SCHED_CLOCK sources. As this uses
> the generic cyc2ns() logic on the clocksource ->read(), most of the
> platform-specific sched_clock() implementations can subsequently be
> killed off.

80ea3bac3a47bc73efa334d0dd57099d0ff14216 ("ARM: OMAP: sched_clock()
corrected") seems to have switched omap from cyc2ns() to an open coded
calculation based on mult_orig because cyc2ns() uses the NTP-adjusted
mult instead.  Does that apply here or is that change incorrect?

Rabin
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