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[PATCH] HZ free ntp

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Distangle the NTP update from HZ.  This is necessary for dynamic tick enabled
kernels.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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john stultz
2007-02-16 01:27:26 -08:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 771ee3b04e
commit f4304ab215
4 changed files with 36 additions and 16 deletions
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include/linux/timex.h
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@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ static inline void time_interpolator_update(long delta_nsec)
#define TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT 32
#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
#define NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ (2)
#else
#define NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ (HZ)
#endif
#define NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH (NSEC_PER_SEC/NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ)
/* Returns how long ticks are at present, in ns / 2^(SHIFT_SCALE-10). */
extern u64 current_tick_length(void);