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[PATCH] i386 and x86_64 TSC set_cyc2ns_scale imprecision

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I just found out that some precision is unnecessarily lost in the
arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c:set_cyc2ns_scale function.  It uses a
cpu_mhz parameter when it could use a cpu_khz.  In the specific case of an
Intel P4 running at 3001.171 Mhz, the truncation to 3001 Mhz leads to an
imprecision of 19 microseconds per second : this is very sad for a timer with
nearly nanosecond accuracy.

Fix the x86_64 architecture too.

Cc: george anzinger <george@mvista.com>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Mathieu Desnoyers 2005-10-30 14:59:25 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent bfd51626cb
commit dacb16b1a0
3 changed files with 28 additions and 18 deletions
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17
arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_hpet.c
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@ -30,23 +30,28 @@ static seqlock_t monotonic_lock = SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED;
* basic equation:
* ns = cycles / (freq / ns_per_sec)
* ns = cycles * (ns_per_sec / freq)
* ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_mhz * 10^6))
* ns = cycles * (10^3 / cpu_mhz)
* ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_khz * 10^3))
* ns = cycles * (10^6 / cpu_khz)
*
* Then we use scaling math (suggested by george@mvista.com) to get:
* ns = cycles * (10^3 * SC / cpu_mhz) / SC
* ns = cycles * (10^6 * SC / cpu_khz) / SC
* ns = cycles * cyc2ns_scale / SC
*
* And since SC is a constant power of two, we can convert the div
* into a shift.
*
* We can use khz divisor instead of mhz to keep a better percision, since
* cyc2ns_scale is limited to 10^6 * 2^10, which fits in 32 bits.
* (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
*
* -johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
*/
static unsigned long cyc2ns_scale;
#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */
static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_mhz)
static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz)
{
cyc2ns_scale = (1000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_mhz;
cyc2ns_scale = (1000000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;
}
static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ static int __init init_hpet(char* override)
printk("Detected %u.%03u MHz processor.\n",
cpu_khz / 1000, cpu_khz % 1000);
}
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz/1000);
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz);
}
/* set this only when cpu_has_tsc */
timer_hpet.read_timer = read_timer_tsc;

21
arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c
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@ -49,23 +49,28 @@ static seqlock_t monotonic_lock = SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED;
* basic equation:
* ns = cycles / (freq / ns_per_sec)
* ns = cycles * (ns_per_sec / freq)
* ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_mhz * 10^6))
* ns = cycles * (10^3 / cpu_mhz)
* ns = cycles * (10^9 / (cpu_khz * 10^3))
* ns = cycles * (10^6 / cpu_khz)
*
* Then we use scaling math (suggested by george@mvista.com) to get:
* ns = cycles * (10^3 * SC / cpu_mhz) / SC
* ns = cycles * (10^6 * SC / cpu_khz) / SC
* ns = cycles * cyc2ns_scale / SC
*
* And since SC is a constant power of two, we can convert the div
* into a shift.
* into a shift.
*
* We can use khz divisor instead of mhz to keep a better percision, since
* cyc2ns_scale is limited to 10^6 * 2^10, which fits in 32 bits.
* (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca)
*
* -johnstul@us.ibm.com "math is hard, lets go shopping!"
*/
static unsigned long cyc2ns_scale;
#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */
static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_mhz)
static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz)
{
cyc2ns_scale = (1000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_mhz;
cyc2ns_scale = (1000000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;
}
static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
if (use_tsc) {
if (!(freq->flags & CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS)) {
fast_gettimeoffset_quotient = cpufreq_scale(fast_gettimeoffset_ref, freq->new, ref_freq);
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz/1000);
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz);
}
}
#endif
@ -536,7 +541,7 @@ static int __init init_tsc(char* override)
printk("Detected %u.%03u MHz processor.\n",
cpu_khz / 1000, cpu_khz % 1000);
}
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz/1000);
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz);
return 0;
}
}

8
arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
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@ -481,9 +481,9 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
static unsigned int cyc2ns_scale;
#define CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR 10 /* 2^10, carefully chosen */
static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_mhz)
static inline void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz)
{
cyc2ns_scale = (1000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_mhz;
cyc2ns_scale = (1000000 << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz;
}
static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static int time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
vxtime.tsc_quot = (1000L << 32) / cpu_khz;
}
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz_ref / 1000);
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz_ref);
return 0;
}
@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ void __init time_init(void)
rdtscll_sync(&vxtime.last_tsc);
setup_irq(0, &irq0);
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz / 1000);
set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz);
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
time_init_gtod();