This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ntp: Make tick_usec static
to the 6.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ntp-make-tick_usec-static.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit bc82cd48fc9998b95d1e07b709738796c6ad93d9
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Sep 11 15:17:38 2024 +0200
ntp: Make tick_usec static
[ Upstream commit 66606a93849bfe3cbe9f0b801b40f60b87c54e11 ]
There are no users of tick_usec outside of the NTP core code. Therefore
make tick_usec static.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240911-devel-anna-maria-b4-timers-ptp-ntp-v1-2-2d52f4e13476@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Stable-dep-of: f5807b0606da ("ntp: Remove invalid cast in time offset math")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/include/linux/timex.h b/include/linux/timex.h
index 7f7a12fd8200c..4ee32eff3f221 100644
--- a/include/linux/timex.h
+++ b/include/linux/timex.h
@@ -139,13 +139,6 @@ unsigned long random_get_entropy_fallback(void);
#define MAXSEC 2048 /* max interval between updates (s) */
#define NTP_PHASE_LIMIT ((MAXPHASE / NSEC_PER_USEC) << 5) /* beyond max. dispersion */
-/*
- * kernel variables
- * Note: maximum error = NTP sync distance = dispersion + delay / 2;
- * estimated error = NTP dispersion.
- */
-extern unsigned long tick_usec; /* USER_HZ period (usec) */
-
/* Required to safely shift negative values */
#define shift_right(x, s) ({ \
__typeof__(x) __x = (x); \
diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
index c17cc9d857bc1..ed15ec993a829 100644
--- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
+++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
/* USER_HZ period (usecs): */
-unsigned long tick_usec = USER_TICK_USEC;
+static unsigned long tick_usec = USER_TICK_USEC;
static u64 tick_length;
static u64 tick_length_base;
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ static u64 tick_length_base;
/*
* phase-lock loop variables
+ *
+ * Note: maximum error = NTP sync distance = dispersion + delay / 2;
+ * estimated error = NTP dispersion.
*/
/*
