ntp: correct inconsistent interval/tick_length usage

clocksource initialization and error accumulation.  This corrects a 280ppm
drift seen on some systems using acpi_pm, and affects other clocksources as
well (likely to a lesser degree).

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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john stultz 2008-02-10 10:48:03 +01:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent 25f6663006
commit e13a2e61dd
2 changed files with 8 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -232,7 +232,14 @@ static inline int ntp_synced(void)
#else
#define NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ (HZ)
#endif
#define NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH (NSEC_PER_SEC/NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ)
#define CLOCK_TICK_OVERFLOW (LATCH * HZ - CLOCK_TICK_RATE)
#define CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST (((s64)CLOCK_TICK_OVERFLOW * NSEC_PER_SEC) / \
(s64)CLOCK_TICK_RATE)
/* Because using NSEC_PER_SEC would be too easy */
#define NTP_INTERVAL_LENGTH ((((s64)TICK_USEC * NSEC_PER_USEC * USER_HZ) + \
CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST) / NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ)
/* Returns how long ticks are at present, in ns / 2^(SHIFT_SCALE-10). */
extern u64 current_tick_length(void);

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@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ long time_freq; /* frequency offset (scaled ppm)*/
static long time_reftime; /* time at last adjustment (s) */
long time_adjust;
#define CLOCK_TICK_OVERFLOW (LATCH * HZ - CLOCK_TICK_RATE)
#define CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST (((s64)CLOCK_TICK_OVERFLOW * NSEC_PER_SEC) / \
(s64)CLOCK_TICK_RATE)
static void ntp_update_frequency(void)
{
u64 second_length = (u64)(tick_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC * USER_HZ)