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| author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2008-12-16 14:38:58 +1100 |
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| committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2008-12-16 14:38:58 +1100 |
| commit | 1e1c568d6c66d1e2e345fd15e2a1ceafc5d7e33a (patch) | |
| tree | 0cf88547108a750d6eb910564ef5bf0ffb5ceef3 /kernel/time/timekeeping.c | |
| parent | 91cac623262c1c0cd298c5c648a8bd2b647c264d (diff) | |
| parent | 23e0e8afafd9ac065d81506524adf3339584044b (diff) | |
Merge branch 'merge' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time/timekeeping.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c index e7acfb482a68..fa05e88aa76f 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c @@ -518,6 +518,28 @@ void update_wall_time(void) /* correct the clock when NTP error is too big */ clocksource_adjust(offset); + /* + * Since in the loop above, we accumulate any amount of time + * in xtime_nsec over a second into xtime.tv_sec, its possible for + * xtime_nsec to be fairly small after the loop. Further, if we're + * slightly speeding the clocksource up in clocksource_adjust(), + * its possible the required corrective factor to xtime_nsec could + * cause it to underflow. + * + * Now, we cannot simply roll the accumulated second back, since + * the NTP subsystem has been notified via second_overflow. So + * instead we push xtime_nsec forward by the amount we underflowed, + * and add that amount into the error. + * + * We'll correct this error next time through this function, when + * xtime_nsec is not as small. + */ + if (unlikely((s64)clock->xtime_nsec < 0)) { + s64 neg = -(s64)clock->xtime_nsec; + clock->xtime_nsec = 0; + clock->error += neg << (NTP_SCALE_SHIFT - clock->shift); + } + /* store full nanoseconds into xtime after rounding it up and * add the remainder to the error difference. */ |
