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-rw-r--r--kernel/timer.c21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 524c7f638365..623f9ea198d8 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -780,16 +780,29 @@ static void update_wall_time_one_tick(void)
* Return how long ticks are at the moment, that is, how much time
* update_wall_time_one_tick will add to xtime next time we call it
* (assuming no calls to do_adjtimex in the meantime).
- * The return value is in fixed-point nanoseconds with SHIFT_SCALE-10
- * bits to the right of the binary point.
+ * The return value is in fixed-point nanoseconds shifted by the
+ * specified number of bits to the right of the binary point.
* This function has no side-effects.
*/
-u64 current_tick_length(void)
+u64 current_tick_length(long shift)
{
long delta_nsec;
+ u64 ret;
+ /* calculate the finest interval NTP will allow.
+ * ie: nanosecond value shifted by (SHIFT_SCALE - 10)
+ */
delta_nsec = tick_nsec + adjtime_adjustment() * 1000;
- return ((u64) delta_nsec << (SHIFT_SCALE - 10)) + time_adj;
+ ret = ((u64) delta_nsec << (SHIFT_SCALE - 10)) + time_adj;
+
+ /* convert from (SHIFT_SCALE - 10) to specified shift scale: */
+ shift = shift - (SHIFT_SCALE - 10);
+ if (shift < 0)
+ ret >>= -shift;
+ else
+ ret <<= shift;
+
+ return ret;
}
/* XXX - all of this timekeeping code should be later moved to time.c */