Commit-ID: 2353b47bffe4e6ab39042f470c55d41bb3ff3846 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/2353b47bffe4e6ab39042f470c55d41bb3ff3846 Author: Bernd Faust <berndfaust@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 15:16:49 +0100 Committer: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:16:07 -0800 Round the calculated scale factor in set_cyc2ns_scale() During some experiments with an external clock (in a FPGA), we saw that the TSC clock drifted approx. 2.5ms per second. This drift was caused by the current way of calculating the scale. In our case cpu_khz had a value of 3292725. This resulted in a scale value of 310. But when doing the calculation by hand it shows that the actual value is 310.9886188491, so a value of 311 would be more precise. With this change the value is rounded. Signed-off-by: Bernd Faust <berndfaust@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c index cfa5d4f..8ed0857 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c @@ -617,7 +617,8 @@ static void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz, int cpu) ns_now = __cycles_2_ns(tsc_now); if (cpu_khz) { - *scale = (NSEC_PER_MSEC << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)/cpu_khz; + *scale = ((NSEC_PER_MSEC << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR) + + cpu_khz / 2) / cpu_khz; *offset = ns_now - mult_frac(tsc_now, *scale, (1UL << CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR)); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html