The patch titled
clocksource-keep-track-of-original-clocksource-frequency fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
clocksource-keep-track-of-original-clocksource-frequency-fix.patch
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Subject: clocksource-keep-track-of-original-clocksource-frequency fix
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> @@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ struct clocksource {
> cycle_t (*read)(void);
> cycle_t mask;
> u32 mult;
> + s32 mult_orig;
> u32 shift;
> unsigned long flags;
> cycle_t (*vread)(void);
This is wrong, with HZ=100 the jiffies clock multiplier suddenly becomes
negative and later the raw interval underflows.
Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/clocksource.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN include/linux/clocksource.h~clocksource-keep-track-of-original-clocksource-frequency-fix include/linux/clocksource.h
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h~clocksource-keep-track-of-original-clocksource-frequency-fix
+++ a/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct clocksource {
cycle_t (*read)(void);
cycle_t mask;
u32 mult;
- s32 mult_orig;
+ u32 mult_orig;
u32 shift;
unsigned long flags;
cycle_t (*vread)(void);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
git-x86.patch
provide-u64-version-of-jiffies_to_usecs-in-kernel-tsacctc.patch
git-watchdog.patch
m68k-replace-remaining-__function__-occurences.patch
fs-hfsplus-proper-externs.patch
affs-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
hfs-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
hfsplus-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
fs-affs-filec-use-bug_on.patch
affs-be_add_cpu-conversion.patch
hfs-hfsplus-be_add_cpu-conversion.patch
hfs-fix-warning-with-64k-page_size.patch
hfsplus-fix-warning-with-64k-page_size.patch
introduce-explicit-signed-unsigned-64bit-divide.patch
convert-a-few-do_div-user.patch
rename-div64_64-to-div64_u64.patch
rename-div64_64-to-div64_u64-mm.patch
remove-div_long_long_rem.patch
ntp-cleanup-ntpc.patch
ntp-ntp4-user-space-bits-update.patch
ntp-increase-time_freq-resolution.patch
ntp-increase-time_offset-resolution.patch
ntp-support-for-tai.patch
ntp-rename-tick_length_shift-to-ntp_scale_shift.patch
ntp-remove-current_tick_length.patch
ntp-handle-leap-second-via-timer.patch
clocksource-keep-track-of-original-clocksource-frequency.patch
clocksource-keep-track-of-original-clocksource-frequency-fix.patch
clocksource-introduce-clock_monotonic_raw.patch
clocksource-introduce-clock_monotonic_raw-fix.patch
clocksource-introduce-clock_monotonic_raw-fix-checkpatch-fixes.patch
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