kernel_optimize_test/kernel
John Stultz 375f45b5b5 timekeeping: Use cached ntp_tick_length when accumulating error
By caching the ntp_tick_length() when we correct the frequency error,
and then using that cached value to accumulate error, we avoid large
initial errors when the tick length is changed.

This makes convergence happen much faster in the simulator, since the
initial error doesn't have to be slowly whittled away.

This initially seems like an accounting error, but Miroslav pointed out
that ntp_tick_length() can change mid-tick, so when we apply it in the
error accumulation, we are applying any recent change to the entire tick.

This approach chooses to apply changes in the ntp_tick_length() only to
the next tick, which allows us to calculate the freq correction before
using the new tick length, which avoids accummulating error.

Credit to Miroslav for pointing this out and providing the original patch
this functionality has been pulled out from, along with the rational.

Cc: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
2014-07-23 15:01:57 -07:00
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debug kdb: Use ktime_get_ts() 2014-06-12 16:18:45 +02:00
events Oleg Nesterov found and fixed a bug in the perf/ftrace/uprobes code where 2014-07-03 18:37:25 -07:00
gcov gcov: add support for GCC 4.9 2014-06-10 15:34:46 -07:00
irq genirq: Fix memory leak when calling irq_free_hwirqs() 2014-07-05 21:42:08 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus.patch' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-06-21 07:06:02 -10:00
power x86, kaslr: boot-time selectable with hibernation 2014-06-16 23:30:44 +02:00
printk kernel/printk/printk.c: revert "printk: enable interrupts before calling console_trylock_for_printk()" 2014-07-03 09:21:54 -07:00
rcu
sched Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-06-12 19:42:15 -07:00
time timekeeping: Use cached ntp_tick_length when accumulating error 2014-07-23 15:01:57 -07:00
trace ftrace: Provide trace clocks monotonic 2014-07-23 15:01:55 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c sched: Make task->start_time nanoseconds based 2014-07-23 10:18:05 -07:00
async.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
audit.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-06-12 14:27:40 -07:00
audit.h
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c auditsc: audit_krule mask accesses need bounds checking 2014-06-10 08:44:40 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c fs,userns: Change inode_capable to capable_wrt_inode_uidgid 2014-06-10 13:57:22 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c cgroup: fix a race between cgroup_mount() and cgroup_kill_sb() 2014-06-30 10:16:26 -04:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c x86/kprobes: Fix build errors and blacklist context_track_user 2014-06-14 09:07:44 +02:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c More ACPI and power management updates for 3.16-rc1 2014-06-12 13:14:19 -07:00
cpuset.c cpuset: break kernfs active protection in cpuset_write_resmask() 2014-07-01 16:42:28 -04:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c delayacct: Remove braindamaged type conversions 2014-07-23 10:18:06 -07:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c
extable.c
fork.c sched: Make task->start_time nanoseconds based 2014-07-23 10:18:05 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c
groups.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: save PG_head_mask in VMCOREINFO 2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c
kthread.c
latencytop.c
Makefile time/timers: Move all time(r) related files into kernel/time 2014-06-23 11:22:35 +02:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Most of this is cleaning up various driver sysfs permissions so we can 2014-06-11 16:09:14 -07:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c
params.c
pid_namespace.c
pid.c
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c
res_counter.c
resource.c
seccomp.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-06-12 14:27:40 -07:00
signal.c
smp.c CPU hotplug, smp: flush any pending IPI callbacks before CPU offline 2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c
sys.c
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c kernel/watchdog.c: print traces for all cpus on lockup detection 2014-06-23 16:47:44 -07:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c tracing: syscall_regfunc() should not skip kernel threads 2014-06-21 00:15:26 -04:00
tsacct.c sched: Make task->start_time nanoseconds based 2014-07-23 10:18:05 -07:00
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c: print traces for all cpus on lockup detection 2014-06-23 16:47:44 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: zero cpumask of wq_numa_possible_cpumask on init 2014-07-07 09:56:48 -04:00